Vintage Japanese Hanging Scroll - Tanuki Running Under Wisteria - Shijō Jūga - Signed Genpaku - Japanese Raccoon Dog Folk Spirit

A delightful and technically superb vintage Japanese kakemono depicting a tanuki (Japanese 
raccoon dog) caught mid-stride beneath cascading wisteria - one of Japan's most beloved 
folk spirits rendered with the precise fur-painting technique of the Maruyama-Shijō school. 
The tanuki meets your gaze directly, whiskers alert, paws wet from morning dew. Signed 
Genpaku with Tenshōdō studio seal. Wisteria-patterned brown brocade hon-hyōgu mounting - the mounting echoing the painting's subject. Shōwa era. A scroll of warmth, wit, and 
exceptional brushwork.