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Village Children - Mura no Warabe.
Shima Ichijiro, known as Shima Gyofu(1885-1968).
A six-fold screen with a retrospective scene of early 20th century Japanese village children in kimono by a bamboo trellis covered with flowering peas in summer. A boy far left, covered in his kimono quietly trying to catch a dragonfly with bare feet, leaving his straw sandals on the ground; a young girl with a broom stopping the work and watching him approaching the insect; another girl carrying a baby on her back nervously watching him; and another little boy happily playing with an already caught dragonfly attached to a thread.
Signed Gyofu with seal.
Taisho period, 1915.
Height 91.5cm, Length 275cm.
Ink and colours on paper.
Very similar example exhibited at the 9th Bunten Exhibition, Tokyo 1915, Prize Winner.
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