Japanese Carp and Morning Glory Silk Painting by Matsunaga Tenshon

A Japanese framed silk painting, by Matsunaga Tenshon (1897-1945), Taisho period (1912-1927), carp and Asagao (morning glory) theme., 49.21 in. high, 18.90 in. wide, other notes: Matsunaga Tensho (1897-1945) was born in Gifu Prefecture. He first studied painting under the Shijo school painter Kawamura Kobun. Later he apprenticed in Tokyo under the renowned Maruyama school painter Kawabata Gyokusho. A skilled naturalist in the bird-and-flower tradition, Tensho became renowned for his painting of koi or