Lot 3017: ATTRIBUTED TO TOSA MITSUHIRO (ACTIVE C. 1430) BISHAMONTEN (VAISRAVANA) Muromachi period (1333-1573)

ATTRIBUTED TO TOSA MITSUHIRO (ACTIVE C. 1430) BISHAMONTEN (VAISRAVANA) Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th century Hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk; the guardian accompanied by his wife Kichijoten and their son, Zennishi doji, unsigned, with an attestation by Yamana Gikai (b.1865), son of the Tosa painter painter Yamana Tsurayoshi: Bishamonten-zo kenpon chakushoku migi Tosa Gonnokami Mitsuhiro hitsu kanteihitsu Meiji kinoe-tatsu natsu Yamana Gikai(Painting of Bishamonten, ink on silk, by Tosa Gonnokami Mitsuhiro, certified by Yamana Gikai, summer of the kinoe-tatsu year of Meiji [1904]) with seal Gikai 32 1/2 x 14 3/4in (82.6 x 37.5cm)