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  • Kato Eishu / The tiger

    Eishu specialized in painting flowers, birds and animals. His brushwork is soft, and you can feel his delicate gaze and warmth towards living creatures. This tiger is no different, and rather than being ferocious, it seems relaxed, as if it is yawning leisurely.
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  • Ishikawa Tairo / Two hanging scrolls of Tiger and Dragon

    Although this dragon and tiger painting follows the style of the Kano school, the expression of each face shows its originality. The tiger's face seems to express its strong will to win, which is very appealing.
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  • Meiji and Taisho period / Reunion of The Sanzu-no-Kawa (Sanzu River)

    This painting depicts a moment of joy with a lover who has crossed the Sanzu River and reunited. It may be the very proof of love that we can recognize each other even when we are bones.
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  • Asai Ryuto / Tiger howling under a pine tree

    Though it is roaring towards the sky, what a troubled expression this tiger has. Contrary to the powerful brushstrokes of the pine trees and rocks, the tiger's body is soft and limp, giving it an almost plush toy-like cuteness.
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  • Nagasawa Rosetsu / Bamboo and Stone with Turtle

    In Rosetsu's works, occasionally exquisite compositions emerge. In one instance, a turtle snugly fits into the foreground's margin, creating a slightly mysterious composition. Rosetsu's approach involves pushing elements into the painting without concern if they might overflow, capturing a sense of freedom from conventional concepts and a joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of painting.
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  • Yamamoto Baiitsu / Pine tree and flowers and birds

    The painter Baiitsu also worked as an official painter for the Owari domain in his later years. This is a painting created at the age of 69, three years before he became the official painter for Owari.
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  • Kano Tanshin / Two hanging scrolls of climbing carp

    Tanshin, the seventh generation of the Kajibashi Kano school, studied under his ancestor Tan'yu in order to rebuild his family.
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  • Kano Tsunenobu / Two hanging scrolls of Tiger and Dragon

    This painting of a dragon and a tiger is inspired by a passage from "I Ching(易経)", which says, "When a dragon sings, clouds arise; when a tiger roars, wind blows."
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  • Kikuchi Hobun / Cherry blossoms and water birds

    This painting depicts a peaceful nature scene that evokes the spring weather.
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  • Sou Shizan / The tiger

    Sou Shizan, who specialized in flower, bird, and landscape paintings, learned his craft from his father, Shiseki, and was active as a painter of the Nanpin school. While there are many paintings of tigers in the world, such a bold composition is rare, and one can feel the artist's overflowing energy in this work.
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  • Mori Sosen / Monkeys

    This is a work that could only have been created by Sosen, who secluded himself in the mountains and observed the monkeys while living like them.
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  • Watanabe Nangaku / Children playing with rabbits

    Although European rabbits were introduced to Japan during the Muromachi period (1336-1573), albino rabbits were first seen in the painting done by Nangaku's teacher, Maruyama Okyo, in 1784 in the Edo period.
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  • Ukita Ikkei / Setting sun and a flock of crows

    Ukita Ikkei is also known as Tomioka Tessai's master of Yamato-e painting. This work vividly depicts a flock of crows.
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  • Yamamoto Koitsu / Four seasons, Flowers and Birds, A pair of medium size six-panel folding screens

    Yamamoto Koitsu was a central figure in The First Japanese Manufacturing and Trading Company (起立工商会社) and created many drafts for the company's production.
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  • Kimura Buzan / Figs and a rooster

    Kimura Buzan (1876-1942) is still known as one of the best colorists at the Japan Art Institute. His style of painting is elaborate and elegant and has an air of serenity.
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  • Kano Yasunobu / Two hanging scrolls of a cat and a rabbit

    Is this a cat or a rabbit? This is a work that seems to generate a Zen-like question.
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  • Tokugawa Tsunayoshi / Red-billed Blue Magpie

    This work was painted by the fifth shogun, Tsunayoshi, who is known for issuing the Edicts on Compassion for Living Things (Shōruiawareminorei).
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  • Matsumura Keibun / Pine tree, Taihu stone and monkeys

    Although the work depicts a relaxed scene, there is something humorous about the two monkeys staring at each other with stern expressions.
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  • Ikegami Shuho / Like snow

    This is an emotional painting in which the falling cherry blossom petals are likened to snow.
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  • Mori Ippo / Carp

    This work was exhibited at the exhibition "Real-The Most Oddity" held at the Fuchu Art Museum in 2018.
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  • Mori Tetsuzan / A rabbit in Autumn

    Mori Tetsuzan was an expert at painting animals, and he accurately captured the characteristics of the rabbit with his brush.
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  • Kishi Renzan / Tiger and Dragon

    A dragon soaring through the sky and a tiger roaring on a rugged cliff. The tiger's expression is full of realistic fierceness.
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  • Cho Gessho / Cranes dance in the sunlight

    Three cranes are flying in the golden sky. It is a celebratory scroll suitable for New Year's Day.
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  • Nagasawa Rosetsu / Three Japanese Cranes

    The birds that Rosetsu painted seem to be drawn freely with the brush, and many of them have very humorous expressions. The more you look at this painting, the more you will appreciate it.
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