Trying to identify artist

[drobja]

Trying to identify an artist who "came to Boston to teach", early to mid-20th century.  I have three watercolors by him and like them enough to be curious.  Thanks for any help you can give.

 

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[Jim]

Looks to be 米洲 mǐ zhōu though a (pretty cursory) search couldn't find anything about an artist by that name.

[Tomsima]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say, that 洲 is written by someone who hasnt studied 小楷 with a teacher. I'm not saying it's badly written per se, but it might be hard to find the artist, as the characters don't look like they come from a lineage. Perhaps not a famous artist, doesn't have a famous teacher etc. Of course I could be totally wrong and it turn out to be some descendent of 米芾 and 米友仁...

 

Maybe you could post a picture of the artists seal just below the characters?

[drobja]

Thank you for the quick responses.  The picture of the seal is the best I can do.  It isn't very sharp or detailed even standing in front of it.

[889]

A good example why to avoid sending people here around in circles you always need to show us the whole work.

 

We can't even be sure it's the artist's name. Or that it's Chinese.

 

Recall that 米州 means the American continent in Japanese.

[drobja]

Thank you for your suggestions.  I do have an Anglo mindset so seeing the same ideograms in the lower corner of three paintings I assumed they were the artist's name.  Perhaps not.  Coming from Boston with its mercantile ties to China during the tea trade, a Chinese artist was my first thought.  Perhaps not.  
Finding an appraiser/dealer/artist to explain these differences to me  while living in a very small, rural town is challenging.  I appreciate your efforts to educate me.

[889]

Japanese.  川手米洲 Kawade (or Kawate) Beishu.

 

https://www.asianart.com/phpforum/index.php?method=detailAll&Id=114069

 

Remember that Japanese woodblock prints can be easily mistaken for watercolours. So very similar to the somewhat later woodblock prints of Koson Ohara. Search "Koson Egrets" on Google Images.

[Magic Tigers]

What type of art does he prefer? 川手米洲 Kawade (or Kawate) Beishu.