Sketch for the Portrait of Tachihara Suiken, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 29 1/8 x 17 in. (74 x 43.2 cm), Paintings, Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793–1841), Tachihara Suiken was the father of a close friend of Kazan's. The completed work is now lost, but several surviving sketches reveal that the artist rejected the concealment of physical defects in favor of a sympathetic realism
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Sketch, Portrait, Tachihara Suiken, Edo period, 1615–1868, 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, paper, 29 1/8 x 17, 74 43.2 cm, Paintings, Watanabe Kazan, Japanese, 1793–1841, father, close friend, Kazan', completed work, now lost, several surviving, sketches, reveal, artist rejected, concealment, physical defects, favor, sympathetic realism
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