After Sotatsu, Rimpa School (front) and Yoshimura Shuzan (d. 1776) (back) Late Edo Period, 18th century
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A pair of six-fold screens, painted on both sides, the front richly decorated with a cornucopia of flowers and plants in ink, tarashikomi, gofun and the moriage technique, the reverse painted in sumi and silver on paper; one screen depicting Spring and Summer flowers growing in profusion, including yaezakura, botan, shobu, yuri and fuji; bearing signature Hokkyo Sotatsu zu with inen seal; the reverse with a pair of cranes beside tall bamboo; signed Hogen Sokosai Shuzan hitsu; the other screen of Autumnal flowers including kiku, kikyo, oniyuri and fuyo growing beneath a flowering maple tree, bearing signature Sotatsu zu; the back painted with three cranes beside young pine; signed Hogen Sokosai Shuzan hitsu. 168cm x 381.4cm (66 1/8in x 150¼in). (2).
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表：草花図屏風 琳派 紙本金地着色、 裏：松竹鶴図屏風 吉村周山 紙本銀地墨画 六曲一双 江戸時代後期（18世紀）
A screen painted on both the front and reverse is unusual, and such works were often created for specific purposes. There is seemingly little correlation between the two sides which differ in style, material, colour and subject matter.
Yoshimura Shuzan, also known as Mitsuoki, his Go being Shokosai, lived in Osaka and studied under the painter Katsuragawa Mitsunobu. He was bestowed the title of Hogen, but he was also renowned as a netsuke shi (Netsuke carver), having been listed as such in the seven volume work, Shoken Kisho, by Inaba Tsuryu, published in Osaka, 1781.
Another six-fold screen by the artist depicting a view of Naniwa was sold in Sotheby's London, 19th June 2001, lot 227.
