An antique Japanese hanging scroll depicting a battle between several fairy tale creatures.

Artist Biography

Matsuo Heizaburo (1751-1803) was a town painter from the Kamigata region who also went by the artist name Nichosai. He learned painting from Koshiba Hayato and produced many prints, picture books, and hand-painted drawings from the An’ei Period (1772-81) to the Kansei Period (1789-1801). Nichosai excelled in humorous and unique paintings with rough brush drawn caricatures and was also a pioneer in portraits of Kamigata actors.

• Ink on Paper | Silk Brocade border 
  
• 18th Century
• Dimensions: 
• Mounting: 36” x 21” (length, width)
• Art: 36” x 21” (lenth, width)
• SKU: S-1090