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  • Kawabata Ryushi / Japanese crane

    This work depicts a Japanese crane, a symbol of longevity. His usage of blurred ink and dry strokes is superb.
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  • Nagai Ikka / Yatagarasu

    This work was painted by Nagai Ikka, who was known as the crow doctor. The Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow that is the messenger of the Amaterasu Omikami. The way it flies through the light evokes the Chinese legend that the three-legged crow lives in the sun.
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  • Honnyo / Crow

    Honnyo studied painting under Yoshimura Kokei, one of the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School. He used the tsuketate technique common in the Maruyama school.
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  • Tokugawa Yorinobu / Bush warbler on a plum tree

    This is a painting of a plum tree and a bush warbler by Tokugawa Yoriyoshi, the first feudal lord of the Kishu Tokugawa clan. This work is accompanied by a letter from Matsudaira Mitsumichi, the feudal lord of Fukui.
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  • Suda Kunitaro / Crane and red plum (square drawing paper)

    Suda Kunitaro was an unusual painter who studied aesthetics at Kyoto University and continued to create art while teaching there.
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  • Suda Kunitaro / Japanese crane and an oak tree

    This is a solemn and imposing piece that is typical of Suda Kunitaro. This is a rare piece painted with colored lacquer on a ceramic panel.
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  • Nagasawa Rosetsu / Sparrows on a rock with Peonies

    This is an excellent piece by Rosetsu that is full of things to see.
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  • Nagai Naotane / Crested mynas

    Crested myna is a bird that has long been a subject of painting in China. It is known for being very friendly to humans and for imitating human speech. The mounting of this work is one of the finest of its kind at the time.
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  • Omura Taiun / Rice plants and a Sparrow

    A song of a sparrow being chirped beside the drooping ear of rice. It seems that people and sparrows are alike in the spirit of welcoming the harvest season.
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  • Sano Kosui / Small bird with plum blossoms

    A bluebird intently pecks at plum blossoms swaying in the early spring breeze. This flower-and-bird painting evokes a sense of freshness.
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  • Okamoto Toyohiko / 3 Hanging scrolls (Turtle and plum tree, Old Man of the South Pole, Crane and bamboo)

    This is a set of 3 scrolls of cranes and turtles that are symbols of longevity, and old man of the south pole. They were also used in prayers for longevity.
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  • Nishimura Goun / Millet and quail

    A quail takes flight from a millet field nearing harvest. The contrast between the bold brushstrokes of the millet and the detailed drawing of the quail is striking.
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  • Ike Taiga / Sparrow and bamboo

    This is a sparrow painting by Ike Taiga, a literati painter of the mid-Edo period. The sparrow, which is believed to ward off evil and bring good fortune and luck, is depicted together with a bamboo, which symbolizes honesty because it stretches straight upward.
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  • Nakabayashi Chikuto / Little bird on a branch

    A small bird perched on a loose branch. This work shows the artist's unwavering brushwork and impressive artistic ability. Painted by Chikuto at the age of 73.
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