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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.


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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