Hanging scroll painting ‘Raven perching on a dead tree in the snow’

喜田華堂 Kida Kado (1802-1879) was a Kishi school painter of the late Edo – Meiji periods. He was born in Gifu Prefecture. He went to Kyoto and studied under Kishi school Ganku and Gantai. Later, he started his own business as a painter in Nagoya. He was invited by the Nagoya clan and became an official painter.