Suzuki Shuitsu (1823-1889) Plum BranchMeiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting a vertical branch of plum with a few buds and blossoms, signed Seisei Shuitsu and with a fan-shaped seal; with a wood storage box. Overall: 166cm x 22.5cm (65 3/8in x 8 7/8in); image: 100cm × 16.1cm (39 3/8in × 6 3/8in). (2).注脚Suzuki Shuitsu was the eldest son of Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858), himself the senior student of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), the great reviver of the Rinpa style of painting, expressed here in its typical late Edo-period or Meiji-era iteration.