Lot 2054: Shirataki Ikunosuke (1873-1960)

Mount Fuji Oil on board, framed; signed I. Shirataki, the reverse inscribed in ink Fuji-san and signed Shirataki Ikunosuke hitsu 13 1/8 x 17 7/8in (33.3 x 45.4cm)

33.3 x 45.4cm

Another example of this artist's work sold at Bonhams New York, Fine Japanese Works of Art (Sale #16717), March 19, 2009, lot #311, and accompanied by the biographical information: Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Shirataki studied plein-air painting with Yamamoto Hosui and Kuroda Seiki at their private school in Tokyo, the Tenshin Dojo, and at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1898. He exhibited with the art society Hakubakai for several years, then traveled to Europe and America from 1904 to 1910. For the remainder of his career, he promoted Western-style oil painting in Japan, garnering several important prizes before his death in 1960.