｜Bank in May (Suien gogatsu). Japan. Dated to 1 August 1963. As a gift to celebrate the founding of the Bayer AG hundred years ago. Colors and gold leaf on paper. 80 x 115cm. ｜The illustration shows a pair of Japanese kogamo ducks (Eurasian teal, Anas crecca) beside blooming irises in the typical manner of the painter.｜Uemura worked in the tradition of the Maruyama Shijo school. In the painting he cited in a modern way the famous screen with irises of Ogata Kôrin. Sign.: Shôkô. Seal: Shin. Framed behind glass, with passe-partout. Condition A.｜