TANAKA SHOHO (ACT. 1900S-20S) PROBABLY TAISHO, 1920S A Japanese two-fold byobu (paper screen) brightly painted with vivid colours, depicting a woven basket containing a large bouquet of flowers including chrysanthemum, sunflowers, prunus and other blossoms, a tall stand beside it with a phoenix vase in archaistic style containing sprays of morning glory, signed Shoho Gashi (Painted by Shoho) and sealed Sekiboku an shu and Shoho lower left corner, 171cm x 190cm. Tanaka Shoho (act. 1900s-20s), studied under famous Meiji artist Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918), the founder of the Suzuki school of painting.