Delicate Japanese Ink Painting of Ferns in a Basket – Signed by Shōho (松圃)

A refined Japanese botanical painting in minimalist monochrome, featuring an elegant woven basket filled with fiddlehead ferns and horsetail shoots on the side. Signed with a red seal bearing the art-name (gō) Shōho (松圃), likely a mid-20th century artist working in the nihonga tradition.

This piece belongs to the kachō-ga (floral painting) genre, executed in a quiet and poetic manner reminiscent of the Shijō and Nihonga styles of the Shōwa period. The brushwork is light and meditative, with the composition embracing negative space in a way often associated with Zen aesthetics.

Painted on traditional Japanese shikishi board with visible foxing due to age. No outer gold border (kaima), indicating this is not a mass-produced souvenir but a one-off studio work.

• Medium: Ink on paperboard (shikishi)
• Dimensions: approx. 24×27 cm (9.5" × 10.6")
• Condition: Good vintage condition; foxing present
• Origin: Japan, mid Shōwa period (c. 1950s–60s)

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