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SHOTEI, Takahashi (Hiroaki)
(1871 - 1945) 		Okabe village: two komuso walking
in the snow, one carrying his shakuhachi

Signed:               Shotei
Sealed:               Shotei (?)
Publisher:         Watanabe
Dated:                 1930s
Size:                   tanzaku (c. 38 x 17 cms)


Condition:
Fine impression and colors, two unobtrusive
crease marks, else fine condition.


Another impression is currently for sale in the MAIN GALLERY section.
komuso were mendicant Buddhist minstrels, priests of the 'Fuke-shu', a branch of Zen, who wore straw hats and played the shakuhachi (a flute-like wind instrument made of bamboo).

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