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  • Matsumura Keibun / 12 Hanging scrolls of flowers and birds

    It depicts camellia, Japanese bush warbler on plum blossoms, weeping cherry blossoms with azure-winged magpie, rape blossoms with butterflies, reeds with jade, moon with Japanese silver grass, chrysanthemum, maple, and geese, etc., representing the twelve months. The mounting was done by Fushihara-Shunpodo, a Kyoto-based mounting store.
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  • Abe Masayoshi / Bamboo and tiger

    Tigers have been a popular subject for painting since ancient times due to their fierce appearance, and in Japan they were favored by samurais and Zen monks especially from the Muromachi period onwards.
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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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  • Maruyama Okyo / At the gorge

    This work was created in 1786, when Okyo was 53 years old. Although it is intricately painted, it has a very relaxed atmosphere.
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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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  • Honnyo / Dragon in clouds

    This is an ink painting of a cloud and dragon by Honnyo, a priest of Jodo Shinshu. It was painted in 1819 at the age of 44.
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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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  • Matsumura Keibun / Two pigeons under the weeping cherry tree

    Two pigeons are pecking at food under the weeping cherry tree. This work evokes the warm sunlight of spring.
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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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