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Large six-panel byôbu (room divider) screen with painting representing a large white elephant standing under a paulownia (kiri) in bloom with a monkey on its shoulder. Paulownia is considered the tree of life. The combination of the elephant and a monkey could be a unique image. Signed: Mori Kanson with two name seals. Size: Total width one screen: 362.8 cm ( 2 x 61.9 cm and 4 x 59.7 cm), Height: 172.2 cm. Weight 17,4 kg. Meiji period (1868-1912)
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Large six-panel byôbu (room divider) screen with painting representing a large white elephant standing under a paulownia (kiri) in bloom with a monkey on its shoulder. Paulownia is considered the tree of life. The combination of the elephant and a monkey could be a unique image. Signed: Mori Kanson with two name seals. Size: Total width one screen: 362.8 cm ( 2 x 61.9 cm and 4 x 59.7 cm), Height: 172.2 cm. Weight 17,4 kg. Meiji period (1868-1912)