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Wisteria
by Maruyama Banka (1867-1942)

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	Artist:	Maruyama Banka (1867-1942) — 村山ばんか
	Title:	Wisteria
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1903
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Watercolour
	Medium (this edition):	Watercolour
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	45911
	Notes (first edition)?:	A very nice watercolor by Listed Japanese Artist Banka Maruyama, One of Japans most important watercolor artist during the Meiji Period . His work stays in Private collections and does not come on the market often. He was born in Nagano , Japan , and began studing with Kodama Katei. The image size is 12 " by 19" and signed on the lower right side , B.Maruyama 1903. You can find him listed in some of the biggest auction houses . He specializes in Landscape scenes and this one is lovely with beautiful white flowers . In 1907 he and a artist friend oshita Tojiro founded the , Japan Institute of Japanese Watercolor Painting. He became a very active painter , much of his work is also in great museums.
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