A six-fold screen with map of Buzen and Bungo provinces
#7591
Tosa school
H. 177.5cm x W. 387.5cm (70” x 152¾")
Private collection, Belgium
A six-fold paper screen painted in ink, colour, gold and silver with a map of Buzen and Bungo provinces, depicting numerous figures and ships at sea amongst golden clouds.
Tosa School, circa 1621-1632, Edo period, Japan.
Titled: Buzen no kuni no zu (Picture of the Buzen Province)
Provenance: most likely commissioned by Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1646), daimyo (feudal lord) of Buzen and Bungo provinces from 1600 to 1632.
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