Ishii Tsuruzo

1887-1973

Beauty with Onagadori (long-tailed chicken) on stand

signed Ishii Tsuruzo with artist's seal unread, with publisher's seal on lower left margin, Hanken shoyu (copyright ownership) Toyota Ikunosuke, and again on verso, and with 'MADE IN JAPAN' stamped on top verso edge, ca. 1933 (year of the rooster)

otanzaku tate-e 14 7/8 by 6 3/4 in., 37.8 by 17 cm

Provenance:
Estate of Haruno Tsuruoka (daughter-in-law of Tokutaro 'Kakunen' Tsuruoka, 1892-1977)

(inv. no. C-1205)

price: $300