Lot 243: * Sakai Doitsu (1845-1913) Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century

Sakai Doitsu (1845-1913)
Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th centuryKakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting the Chinese scholar Zhou Mao Shu (1017-1073, in Japanese Sho Moshuku) in retirement seated by a pond contemplating lotus flowers, his right hand laid on an armrest; signed Uge Doitsu and sealed; with a wood storage box. Overall: 195.5cm x 57cm (77in x 22½in); image: 107.5cm x 40.7cm (42 3/8in x 16in). (2).

The younger son of the painter Yamamoto Sodo, Doitsu studied under Suzuki Kiitsu, the leading pupil of Sakai Hoitsu, founder of the Edo-Rinpa style. Later in life Doitsu styled himself 'Uge-an the Fourth', in allusion to one of Hoitsu's art names.