Lot 397. Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1850-1890, Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink and colours on silk, depicting a carp leaping from a stream with waterweed in the foreground, signed Zeshin with seal Tairyukyo; with wood tomobako storage box inscribedYuri zu Senshi Tairyukyo Zeshin hitsu 游鯉図先師対柳居是真筆 (Painting of a swimming carp by my master Tairyukyo Zeshin). Overall 182cm x 34.5cm (71 5/8in x 13 5/8in), image 91.5cm x 32.5cm (36 x 12¾in). (2). Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,800 - 6,300). Photo: Bonhams.

Provenance: Hayashi Tadamasa collection (by repute).
Kiyomoto Enjutayu collection.

Published: Tokyo Bijutsu Kurabu 東京美術倶楽部 (Tokyo Art Club), Kiyomoto Enjutayu aiganhin nyusatsu 清元延壽太夫愛玩品入札 (Auction Catalogue of the Kiyomoto Enjutayu Collection), Tokyo, 6 November 1939, lot no.140.

Note: Kiyomoto Enjutayu V (1862-1943) was a renowned kabuki actor and playwright.

Bonhams. AUCTION 23269: FINE JAPANESE ART, 11:00 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET