Peacock and flowers right of a pair of Birds and Flowers, c. 1840, Nagasawa Roshū, Japanese, 1767-1847, 50 1/2 x 22 1/8 in. ( x cm) (image)76 x 27 3/4 in. ( x cm), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century, Artists of the Maruyama School of painting combined Western realism with the indigenous penchant for decorative design to produce works of great naturalism and pleasing visual effect. Nagasawa Roshū, pupil of the progenitor of the school and adopted son of one of its leading masters, was himself a master of this style.

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