Hashimoto Dokuzan (1869-1938)


Taisho (1912-1936) or Showa (1926-1989) era, circa 1912-1938Kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting a toad in typical pose sitting up and confronting the viewer, with a cursive Chinese inscription, signed and seal Ryuho; with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Gamashi ga (Painting of a toad), signed inside Ryuho [...] daisho (Inscribed by Ryuho [...]), and sealed Dokuzan. Overall: 205cm x 55.5cm (80¾in x 21 7/8in); image: 135cm x 36.5cm (53 1/8in x 14 3/8in). (2).
|Hashimoto Dokuzan, who used several other art names including Ryuho as seen on this painting, studied under the leading Nanga painter Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) and later became a priest of the Rinzai sect. In 1909 he was appointed Chief Abbot of the Shokokuji Temple in northern Kyoto, retaining this post until 1933.