MARUYAMA OSHIN (1790 – 1838) Crows and the Rising Sun Edo period, early 19th Century A Japanese hanging scroll, kakejiku, ink and colour on silk, signed and sealed Oshin 102cm high, 39cm long - PROVENANCE: English Private Collection, acquired from Hiroshi Yanagi at Tokyo Gallery, Kyoto in the 1990s Oshin was the son of Kinoshita Oju (1777 – 1815) and a grandson of Maruyama Ōkyo (1733 – 1795). He received artistic education from all the members of the artistic family including his aunt Maruyama Ozui (1766 – 1829) who later adopted him. Oshin specialised in landscapes and kachoga, the birds and flowers genre, and later in life became the head of the third generation of the Maruyama School.