TAKEUCHI SEIHO: A SCROLL PAINTING OF THREE CRANES WITH PINE By Takeuchi Seiho (1846-1942), with artist signature Seiho and seal Seiho ga in Japan, dated 1916 Painted in ink and colors on silk, with a silk brocade frame, and mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting three red-crowned cranes on a rocky outpost above an old gnarled pine tree with further pines in the background. With the original hakogaki (wood storage box). Hakogaki inscription (top of the lid): 松上鶴 Matsu jo tsuru [Cranes perched on a pine tree] Hakogaki inscription (inside of the lid): 大正五年夏日鑑題、栖鳳 with a red square seal 栖鳳画印. “Taisho 5-nen kajitsu kandai, Seiho, with seal Seiho-ga-in” [Painted and inscribed by Seiho, on a summer day in the Taisho 5 (1916), Seiho, with a seal “Seiho-ga-in (the seal and painting of Seiho)] The inscription written on the back of the painting: 松ニ鶴、竹内栖鳳筆、松上の鶴（牙ゲ軸）”Matsu ni tsuru, Takeuchi Seiho hitsu, matsu jo no tsuru, gejiku” [Cranes perched on a pine tree, painted by Takeuchi Seiho] SIZE 195.5 x 53.5 cm (total) and 106 x 40.5 cm (total) Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, few minor creases, minimal soiling. Provenance: French private collection. Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942) was appointed Teishitsu Gigeiin (artist to the imperial household) in 1919.