Japanese six panel screen with calligraphy attributed to Kameda Bosai 鵬斎 (1752-1826). A noted painter and author from Edo (Tokyo) with a very distinctive and dramatic calligraphic script. His calligraphic style known for its drunken style, a long standing tradition beginning with early Chinese poets and calligraphers. For additional information and references see The World of Kameda Bōsai: The Calligraphy, Poetry, Painting and Artistic Circle of a Japanese Literature; by Stephan Addiss. New Orleans Museum of Art, University Press of Kansas. 1984.
Calligraphy Early 19th century, on 20th century mounting
148½” wide x 67½” high
