Winter Landscape, after a Yuan Master, 1838, Nukina Kaioku, Japanese, 1778 - 1863, 50 ¡Ñ 19 3/4 in. (127 ¡Ñ 50.17 cm) (image)78 3/8 ¡Ñ 24 1/4 in. (199.07 ¡Ñ 61.6 cm) (mount), Ink and light color on paper, 19th century, Kaioku, the son of a samurai and archery instructor, was a scholar of Chinese studies and learned first under the official school of painting, the Kan?. Unsatisfied with the restrictive conventions, he traveled around Japan and finally settled in Kyoto, where he established his own school. He became especially known for his exquisite calligraphy and is ranked as one of the 'Three Brushes of the End of the Edo Period.