Rooster, late 18th century, S? Shiseki, Japanese, 1715 - 1786, 42 13/16 ¡Ñ 14 7/8 in. (108.74 ¡Ñ 37.78 cm) (image)79 7/16 ¡Ñ 20 1/4 in. (201.77 ¡Ñ 51.44 cm) (mount, without roller), Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan, 18th century, Combining ink washes and meticulous brushwork in ink and bright colors like red and green, S? Shiseki created this realistic image of a rooster standing under a flowering tree. The style is typical of the Nagasaki school of painters, of which S? Shiseki was a leading member. A native of Japan¡¦s capital, Edo (present-day Tokyo), Shiseki traveled to the far western port city of Nagasaki in the 1750s to study with Song Ziyuan (d. 1760), a Chinese painter who taught Qing dynasty Chinese-style bird-and-flower painting to Japanese painters. S? Shiseki is credited with popularizing this style on his return to Edo, where he trained numerous followers.