Lot 388: SUZUKI KASON (1860-1919) Meiji (1868-1912) or Tai

SUZUKI KASON (1860-1919) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and slight colour on silk, depicting a pair of ducks standing on the banks of a lake beside stalks of wild chrysanthemums; signed Kason with seal Kason, with wood storage box. Overall 201cm x 60cm (79 1/8in x 23 5/8in), image 111cm x 40cm (43¾in x 15¾in). (2).

After periods of study under artists of various traditional schools Suzuki Kason forged a distinctive style which he mostly deployed in bird-andflower painting. He won a prize at the very first Bunten exhibition in 1907 and a gold medal for a painting of ferry boat in the rain that was shown at the Japan-British Exposition held at Shepherd’s Bush in 1910. He was also active as an illustrator, working for the novelists Ozaki Koyo and Koda Rohan; for a painting by Suzuki Kason and a text by Koda Rohan, please see the collaborative erotic album, lot 406.