Tozaka Bunyo Active Circa 1783-1852

depicting various butterflies, both signed Bunyo, and bearing a seal: Bunyo (2)

Japanese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University; Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego, 20th August 2005 - 5th March 2006, cat. no. 19, illustrated.

Some flaking to pigments, more so on one scroll than the other, slight surface soiling and scattered fly-specks
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Tozaka Bunyo was one of the better known pupils of Tani Buncho, and specialized in kachoga (pictures of flowers and butterflies).