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Subject:Re: geisha print
Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Dear Guy,
Thank you for your help.
After a few day of thinking, I came to the next results;
1, The signature according to the rules of of calligraphy clearly reads; 栖華 (Seika)
2, As of the seal, the first character is; 西
(The radical No. 75 - 木偏 - is omitted as a standart practice at seal cutting)
The second character 華 is shown in a perplexing cut form - it rather looks 亭 - so much so that it deceived me too.
However, nor is there any records about an artist with this 栖華 (Seika) art-name (gagō.
Though, art-names beginning with character 栖 were quite common in the late Meiji, Taisho and early Shōwa perods - like, 栖鳳、栖圃、栖阜、栖鶯
etc. There are a lot of forgotten artist from that period.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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