Lot 98: MATSUMURA GOSHUN 松村呉春 (1752-1811) CALLIGRAPHY: BANZAI 萬歳 Edo period (1615-1

MATSUMURA GOSHUN 松村呉春 (1752-1811) CALLIGRAPHY: BANZAI 萬歳 Edo period (1615-1868), 1802 Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts, boldly brushed with the characters Banzai 萬歳; ivory jiku (roller ends) Signed Mizunoe-inu shihitsu Goshun 壬戌試筆呉春 (Goshun, trying out his brush, at the start of 1802), followed by a tiny depiction of a dog Wood tomobako (storage box), inscribed outside Banzai yokomono Goshun hitsu 萬歳横物 呉春筆 (Horizontal Banzai scroll brushed by Goshun) Overall: 123 x 61.3cm (48 3/8 x 24 1/8in.) Image: 30.3 x 55.9cm (11 7/8 x 22in.) (2).