Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844) Women and Child

Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844) Women and Child
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1820-40
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, mineral colours and gofun (calcified powdered shell) on silk in silk mounts, depicting two richly dressed women and a male child, the little boy holding up two buds, in a spring landscape with pine, bamboo and flowering cherry blossom, in the background pedlars and peasants walking between rice paddies and a more distant view of a lake, sailing boats and a Shinto shrine; signed Teisai and sealed; with an inner wood storage box and an outer lacquered wood storage box. Overall: 184.5cm x 59cm (199.4in x 23¼in); image: 104cm × 41.2cm (41in × 16½in). (3).