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Ooide Toukou
【A mantis on the willow takes a cicada】

In China, there is a proverb that goes, "The mantis watches the cicada, and the sparrow is behind it." It is said that it means being distracted by immediate profits and not noticing the danger approaching from behind.
Number
D20-140
Title
A mantis on the willow takes a cicada
Artist
Ooide Toukou
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed (signed by Kishinami Ryukei)
Size : W 29.5 × H 25 cm (Image) ・ W 39 × H 95 cm (Mount)
Artist History
Ooide Toukou (1841-1905) was a Japanese painter from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. He studied painting under Maebara Gouse in Ueno-Kiryu, and later studied under Todo Ryoun in Edo. He excelled in flower-and-bird Paintings.
Price
85,000yen

Ooide Toukou
【A mantis on the willow takes a cicada】

In China, there is a proverb that goes, "The mantis watches the cicada, and the sparrow is behind it." It is said that it means being distracted by immediate profits and not noticing the danger approaching from behind.
Number
D20-140
Title
A mantis on the willow takes a cicada
Artist
Ooide Toukou
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed (signed by Kishinami Ryukei)
Size : W 29.5 × H 25 cm (Image) ・ W 39 × H 95 cm (Mount)
Artist History
Ooide Toukou (1841-1905) was a Japanese painter from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. He studied painting under Maebara Gouse in Ueno-Kiryu, and later studied under Todo Ryoun in Edo. He excelled in flower-and-bird Paintings.
Price
85,000yen

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