MATSUMURA KEIBUN (1779–1843) Kakejiku in ink and colour on paper, depicting three chidori (plovers), two of which are wading in the water, amongst flowering prunus trees and wild grasses. Signed lower right, ‘Keibun’, above a ‘Keibun’ seal. (Minor creases and soiling). Japan, early 19th century. A KAKEJIKU BY KEIBUN, INK AND COLOURS ON PAPER, JAPAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY. DIM. 107 X 42 CM (42 1/8 X 16 9/16 IN.) About the artist: an artist of the Shijō school, brother of Matsumura Goshun, its founder, with whom he studied, as well as with Maruyama Ōkyo. He helped to consolidate the Shijô school in the 19th century and was regarded as one of Kyoto’s leading artists in the first half of the 19th century.