Lot 2164: ISHIZAKI KOYO [ISHIZAKI ISHI'ICHI (1884-1947)] Sparrows, myna and ivy

Sparrows, myna and ivy
Pair of two-panel screens; ink and color on silk
63 x 66in (160 x 167.6cm) each

Ishizaki Koyo was born in 1884, to a wealthy merchant family in Toyama prefecture. In 1903, he moved to Kyoto to study painting with Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942, see lot 2152 for an example of his work). In 1912, he was accepted into the government-sponsored 6th Bunten exhibition (Monbusho Bijustu Tenrankai) and exhibited at every subsequent Bunten exhibition, witht he exception of the one in 1917. In 1914 some of his paintings were purchased by the Imperial Household Agency for the Imperial Collections. In 1919, he was awarded the grand prize at the 1st Imperial Art Academy exhibition (Teiten). He continued to exhibit almost every year at the Teiten, becoming a judge for the exhibition in 1922. In 1936 he became a professor at the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting.