ANONYMOUS, KANO SCHOOL

ANONYMOUS, KANO SCHOOL
EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

A small Japanese six-fold byōbu (folded screen) depicting the popular Chinese theme of the 'One Hundred Boys'; the many children painted at play with a few adults supervising; some taking part in a mock-procession, pulling a cart; others playing with tambourines; the scene set in gardens with a bridge over a meandering river to the left, flowering prunus trees and a pavilion on the right-hand side of the composition, partly obscured by golden clouds; 93.5cm x 294.5cm.

Provenance: from the William F C Ohly collection (1883 - 1955) Berkeley Galleries and Abbey Museum, New Barnet, London, UK, and thence by descent.