Hanging painting (kakejiku)

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Hanging painting (kakejiku) with a polychrome painting on silk depicting an elegant Chinese lady sitting in front of her writing desk seen thru a round window, dated Ansei 3 (1856) and signed Shiko with seals “Shiko” and “Hazama Shiko in”: names of Hazama Seigai (1811-1878) a painter from Nagato in Yamaguchi Province, in a box.