Hirota Hyakuho ???? — [Emaki Zodiacal Animal Handscroll]
Hirota Hyakuho ????. ZODIACAL ANIMAL SCROLL. 33 x 626.5cm approx total length (25.5cm blank decorative paper at start and 19cm at end). On heavy paper in a brocade cover with bone jiku. Signed and sealed by Hirota Hyakuho ????. 12 animals of the zodiac depicted by a skilled hand. Hirota Hyakuho ???? is the artist name of Hirota Saiichiro ????? (1876 – 1955), a pupil of internationally recognized Nihonga artist Takeuchi Seih? ???? (1864 – 1942). Hirota received awards over multiple years at the Ministry of Education Arts Exhibition (Bunten ????????). .