TAKAAKI: A FINE TWO-PANEL BYOBU (FOLDING SCREEN) DEPICTING A BIJIN PLAYING A SHAMISEN

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TAKAAKI: A FINE TWO-PANEL BYOBU (FOLDING SCREEN) DEPICTING A BIJIN PLAYING A SHAMISEN Sealed Takaaki Japan, Taisho period (1912-1926) Ink and watercolors on silk. Mounted on silk brocade on two wood panels. Superbly painted to depict a lone beauty playing the shamisen under the light of an ornate lamp on the terrace of a teahouse. She is formally dressed in a plaid kimono with a cherry blossom-patterned obi, her hair adorned with numerous combs and ornaments. To her left are a lantern, lacquered shodana (display cabinet), sakazuki (sake cup), sake pot and a celadon bowl. Inscriptions: Sealed Takaaki. SIZE 171 x 187.6 cm Museum comparison: For a closely related two-panel folding screen depicting a woman playing the Shamisen, Taisho period, see Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, cat. no. 5244.

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