KISSO: A SCROLL PAINTING OF IMMORTALS GATHERING MUSHROOMS By Kimoto Kisso, signed Kisso with seals Jitsuin and Kisso Japan, Oita, 1885 Finely painted with ink and watercolors on silk and mounted as a hanging scroll with a silk brocade frame, depicting an immortal and his attendant under an old, gnarled pine tree gathering mushrooms, the attendant carrying a basket of peaches. The calligraphy can be translated as “Immortals gathering mushrooms, written in the fourth month of the year of kinoto-tori (Meiji 18, 1885), by Kisso Minoru”, the seals read Jitsuin and Kisso. SIZE 112 x 24.5 cm (image) and 178 x 33.5 cm (incl. mounting) Condition: Fair condition with some wear, creasing, minor soiling, and staining Provenance: Spanish private collection. Kimoto Kisso studied under Mori Kaikoku (c. 1800-1860, Oita), Oda Kaisen (1785-1862, Kyoto) and Hoashi Kyo (1810-1884, Oita) and furthered his painting studies by visiting various parts of Japan, including Nagasaki.