Antique Japanese Tanuki Party Scroll

<掛軸 狸宴図> Scroll: Raccoon Banquet (落款印(雅印): Red seal) Left square: Unknown Right: 印章 Insho「畫學齋 Kakugakusai」(朱文瓢形印: Gourd shape seal) Right side letter: 文晁筆 Painted by Buncho, Handwritten signature Left side letter: 我六太 High maintainability and acceptability 平鼓 Beating the drum 腹人 enjoy from bottom of ones belly Artist Biography: 【谷 文晁】 Tani Buncho (1763-1841) Nanga artist of the late Edo period. Studied under 加藤文麗 Kato Bunrei (1706-1782) and 渡辺玄対 Watanabe Gentai (1749-1822). He Studied 狩野派 the Kano and 南蘋派 Nanpin schools and then moved on to Nanga, but his style was extremely eclectic, learning from 大和絵 Yamato-e and Western painting as well and he created his own unique style of painting. He had an insatiable curiosity to take in anything and everything. He was both a skilled painter and a scholar, and with the support of 松平定信 Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759-1829) and others, he reigned as a major figure in the Edo art world at the time. His pupils included 渡辺崋山 Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841), 立原杏所 Tachihara Kyosho (1786-1840), and 高久靄崖 Takaku Aigai (1796-1843). Ink and Mineral Pigments | Silk Brocade border Edo Period - likely 1811-1840 Dimensions: Mounting: 43.5" x 28.75" (length, width) Art: 12" x 22" (length, width) SKU: S-Y3049