Property from a private collection, Northern California NAKABAYASHI CHIKUTŌ (1776-1853)Landscape Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A small hanging scroll, brushed in ink on silk, depicting a mountainous landscape with several structures perched on top of a mountain, one astride a slender waterfall, with trees and a small pavilion in the foreground, inscribed Sekiden-ō hitsui (o) narau (Imitating the brushwork of Shen Zhou [in Japanese, Shin Shū]), signed Chikutō and sealed Chikutō 9 1/2 x 6 1/4in (24.1 x 15.8cm) For an album of landscape paintings by this artist, also emulating Chinese masters, see the National Museum of Asian Art, collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, accession number F2020.5.32a-f.