Japanese Woodblock Print, c.1930, published by the Shima Art Co., signed and sealed Keinen.

SIZE IN INCHES: ohosoban, 7.5 x 15 inches

PROVENANCE: From the Robert O. Muller estate

IMAO KEINEN (1845-1924) was a Japanese painter and print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin hanga movement. In 1904 he was appointed as an Imperial Household Artist.

He received a comprehensive education in various Japanese art styles from the age of 12. In 1880 he received a professorship at the Kyoto School of Painting. Following the publication of the Keinen Kacho Gafu album in 1892, he became a member of the Art Committee of the imperial court and in 1919 a member of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. The Keinen Kach? Gafu, published in 1892, is an album with an extensive series of bird-and-flower (kacho-e) in woodblock prints. His work is part of many museum collections throughout the world.

Fine, no flaws