MARUYAMA OZUI (1766-1829) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Karika Sonja, the Seventh Rakan (Disciple of Buddha); a kakejiku (hanging scroll); ink, mineral colours and gold on silk in silk mounts, depicting Karika in his usual pose, seated underneath a paulownia tree, his left knee raised and held in his right hand, his left hand resting upon the rock on which he sits, his tiger looking up at him; signed at lower right Gutoku Ri Ryumin zu Ozui sha (Copied by Ozui from a painting by Li Longmin) and sealed Ozui; with a plain wood box and cardboard slipcase. Overall: 211cm x 66cm (83 1/8in x 26in); image: 114.5cm x 46cm (45in x 181/8in). (3). 注脚 The eldest son of the great Kyoto artist Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), Ozui is generally renowned for his close fidelity to his father's pictorial manner. Here, however, his model is the style of richly detailed Buddhist painting established by the Chinese painter Li Longmin (1049- 1106), whose name is traditionally associated with several sets of rakan painting preserved in Japanese temple collections.