WATANABE SHÔEKI (1848–Meiji period) Kakejiku in ink and light colours on silk, depicting a puppy amongst some dandelions. Signed in the lower right-hand corner, ‘Shôeki hitsu’, above two small red seals. With its box, inscribed on the lid ‘Puppy amongst the spring grasses. Painted by Shôeki’, and on the reverse of the lid, ‘Horizontal painting, written by Shôei’. Seal: Minamoto Shôei in. (Shôei being the son of Watanabe Shôeki). Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). A KAKEJIKU, INK AND COLOURS ON SILK, A PUPPY BY SHÔEKI, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD. DIM. 22 X 36 CM (8 11/16 X 14 3/16 IN.) About the artist: the influence of Maruyama Ôkyo is clearly evident in the work of Shôeki, a painter from Osaka of the Shijô school, born in 1848 and active during the Meiji period.