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Subject:Re: Japanese Painting
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Oct 15, 2026
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長房家所有 Owned by the Nagafusa Family
富士越しの龍 The Dragon Over Mount Fuji
Box,
富士越シノ龍 The Dragon Over Mount Fuji
Upper seal,
梁益 Ryōeki
Lower seal,
源良美 Minamoto Yoshimi
Watanabe Ryōeki 渡邊梁益
Active during the late Edo to early Meiji periods.
A painter who studied under the Kyoto Kano school (as a disciple of Kanō Eitaku) and served as an official artist to the Imperial Court, continuing the family lineage and artistic tradition; his son, Watanabe Shōeki, was also active in the Ōsaka art world. His family is said to have roots in the historic Minamoto clan (as indicated by his artist's seal, Minamoto Yoshimi)
With regards,
I.Nagy
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