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		Painting on silk mounted as a Kakejiki, hanging scroll.
 
		Artist: ZESHIN (1807-1891).
 
		Jurojin, god of longevity with an old tortoise on his shoulder.
 
		Signed: Hachiju Ichi O Zeshin
 
		Artist's red seal: Shin (compare the seal with the book page 189, #24, The Art of Shibata Zeshin, by Mr. and Mrs. James E O'Brien Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts)
 
		Note: According to Zeshin's son Reisai, the Shin seal used here is carved by Zeshin himself out of wood and it was meticulously executed which Reisai states in his memoir "Senko Shibata Zeshin".
 
		Painted date: 1887
 
		Size of painting: 41 cm X 92 cm
 
		Size of mounting: 56 cm X 193 cm
 
		Ivory end rollers.
 
		Fitted storage box.
 
		Condition: Very light stains at bottom area, Generally in good condition.
 
		Price: U.S.$3,500.
	
	
		Close up of the signature and seal
	
	
		Close up of Jurojin