ARAKI KAMPO (1831–1915) Kakejiku in ink and colours on silk, depicting a pheasant perched on a rock, near some bamboo, watching a maple leaf fall. Signed in the lower right-hand corner, ‘the 78-year-old Araki Kampo’ above two seals. Japan, Meiji period, c. 1910. A KAKEJIKU, INK AND COLOURS ON SILK, PHEASANTS BY ARAKI KAMPO, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, CA. 1910. DIM. 113.5 X 42 CM (44 11/16 X 16 9/16 IN.) About the artist: a painter of the Nihonga school, he nevertheless studied Western painting, which influenced him, as did Chinese painting. A lecturer at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, he received numerous awards, both in Japan and at the French and American World’s Fairs.