A JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY BY NISHIMURA SOZAEMON (1855-1935)

A JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERY BY NISHIMURA SOZAEMON (1855-1935)

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Depicting a maiko, the trainee geisha smiling gently whilst folding her obi, the sash embellished with maple leaves and her long robes with cranes and flowers; the figure rendered in muted colours, pinks and purples on the chocolate-brown ground; in its original wood and silk frame with chrysanthemum-shaped rings to the sides, the back with an elaborate paper label reading 'S.Nishimura, Kyoto, Japan, Manufacturer of High Class Embroideries, Fancy Cut-velvets and Silk Goods in General', 51.1cm x 42cm overall.