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Maruyama Okyo
【Turtles playing under the setting sun】

A mother and her baby turtles playing leisurely together. The Japanese pond turtle is now designated as an endangered species, but it seems that in the Edo period it was kept as a pet. In the past, it may have been possible to see many of them in nearby rivers.
Number
D-110
Title
Turtles playing under the setting sun
Artist
Maruyama Okyo
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 40.5 × H 99.5 cm (Image) ・ W 52.5 × H 182 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1777 at the age of 45.
Condition: slightly creased on the image / slightly damaged on the box
Artist History
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was a Japanese painter from the mid-Edo period. The founder of the Maruyama school. He learned painting methods of the Kano school from Ishida Yutei and distinguished himself as a painter. He is also known for placing the utmost importance on sketching. He taught many of his disciples, including the major painters called "the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School".
Price
850,000yen

Maruyama Okyo
【Turtles playing under the setting sun】

A mother and her baby turtles playing leisurely together. The Japanese pond turtle is now designated as an endangered species, but it seems that in the Edo period it was kept as a pet. In the past, it may have been possible to see many of them in nearby rivers.
Number
D-110
Title
Turtles playing under the setting sun
Artist
Maruyama Okyo
Detail
Materials : ink and colour on silk
wooden boxed
Size : W 40.5 × H 99.5 cm (Image) ・ W 52.5 × H 182 cm (Mount)
Painted in 1777 at the age of 45.
Condition: slightly creased on the image / slightly damaged on the box
Artist History
Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795) was a Japanese painter from the mid-Edo period. The founder of the Maruyama school. He learned painting methods of the Kano school from Ishida Yutei and distinguished himself as a painter. He is also known for placing the utmost importance on sketching. He taught many of his disciples, including the major painters called "the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School".
Price
850,000yen

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