A fine Japanese silk embroidery, possibly by Nishimura Sozae...

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£300

A fine Japanese silk embroidery, possibly by Nishimura Sozaemon (1855-1935), late Meiji Period (1868-1912), the rectangular panel embroidered with long stitch silk threads depicting two young women illuminated by a paper lantern, one holding a brush and about to write on a sheet of paper, 42cm x 52cm, framed and glazed, with a further silk work picture depicting a maiko, 39cm x 27cm, framed and glazed (2)

Reference; The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Threads of Silk and Gold, Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, pp.154-155 for two related embroideries by Nishimura Sozaemon depicting beauties lit by a weak light.