Hanging scroll - Silk, Wood - Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947) - Very fine scroll with Oharame beauty - including tomobako - With signature and seal Tsunetomi 恒富 - Japan - Early 20th century

Hanging scroll - Silk, Wood - Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947) - Very fine scroll with Oharame beauty - including tomobako - With signature and seal Tsunetomi 恒富 - Japan - Early 20th century Oharame (women peddlers) were a symbol of rural beauty, who plied their trade in the countryside around Kyoto from the beginning of the Heian period (794 CE) until the end of the Meiji period (1912 CE) . They walked around towns and villages selling products from the village of Ohara, which they carried on their heads. Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947) was a painter and print artist. Tsunetomi ended his life well known as a painter in the 'Nihonga' style, but his original training was in the business of woodblock printing. Born in Kanazawa, he went to Osaka in 1892 and was apprenticed to Nishida Suketaro. He also studied 'Nanga'-style painting, sculpture and woodblock carving under various teachers before started to study painting under Inano Toshitsune, a minor artist who was in a line from the 'Ukiyo-e' school. From him he adopted the 'Tsune' element in his art name, and absorbed a style of painting beautiful women which was a transition between 'Ukiyo-e' and 'Nihonga'. First exhibited at Bunten exhibition in 1910. In 1912 he helped set up the Taisho Art Society devoted to the encouragement of child artists and in 1915 the Osaka Art Society, at which he became a regular exhibitor. In 1917 he was elected to the Japan Art Institute, and thereafter remained a regular exhibitor at official exhibitions. Tsunetomi's subject-matter was usually beautiful women from the world of entertainment and fashion in the Osaka area, and his work is important as a record of that way of life. Many of his paintings are rescued from the common sentimentality of the period by a gritty edginess. Tsunetomi was an important figure in Osaka art circles, teaching many pupils. He died in 1947, when he was 67 years old. His works could be found in British museum, Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, Portland Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. . . With tomobako. Roller ends: wood. Measurements: Scroll: 174 x 53 cm Picture: 96 x 40 cm Very good condition, there are signs of wear due to age and use, stains, scratches, marks; please, see pictures for actual condition. Registered shipping with tracking number, well packed for safe and fast delivering!