Originally part of a three-panel set depicting pine, bamboo, and plum, but offered separately. The overall size, not including the ends of the scroll, is approximately 184cm x 41cm. Hakura Katei (male, born April 20, 1799 - died August 12, 1887) was a Japanese calligrapher, painter, and seal carver of the late Edo period. His real name was Yoshinobu, his azana (courtesy name) was Shibun, and his art names included Katei and Yakaso-do. Brief Biography Edited He was the son of Ennen, a Shinto priest at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, and was raised by Nobukata, the representative of the same sect, and became his heir. At the age of 14, he was appointed Jugoino-ge Suruga no Kami (Junior Fifth Rank, Governor of Suruga Province), and at 17, he became a non-kurando (Imperial Chamberlain) and the 18th representative. However, at the age of 24, he resigned his position and traveled to various places. In his childhood, he studied Confucianism and calligraphy under Murase Kotei, and received instruction in painting and seal carving from the monk Getsuho. Later, he studied painting under Okamoto Toyohiko. While making a living by selling books and seals, he went to Edo (present-day Tokyo) and became a disciple of Okubo Shibutsu, and received instruction in seal carving from Hosokawa Rinkoku. After the Meiji Restoration, he submitted the Imperial Seal and landscape paintings to the Imperial Household Agency. He was particularly favored by Prince Arisugawa Taruhito. He celebrated his 88th birthday at the Gion Nakamura-ro, and received congratulatory waka poems from Prince Yamashina Akira and Prince Kuni Asahiko. He died in August 1887 at Takebo. He has a tombstone on Inariyama. His son, Nanzono, also made a living as a seal carver. Landscape paintings and other works are housed in the Tokyo University of the Arts University Museum.