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Dodo Konen / A snake and Young bamboo
Snakes, which are depicted as evil in Western paintings, are considered symbols of wealth and water in Japan.
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Maruyama Okyo / Playing turtle
This is a heartwarming piece of work depicting a turtle swimming leisurely and playing, and other turtles that appear to be parent and child watching over it. The box is inscribed by Kawabata Shigeaki, a Meiji-era Japanese painter and the son of Kawabata Gyokusho.
Goshun / Grasshopper, rice and moon
This is a calming autumn piece that evokes the feeling of a refreshing night breeze.
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Maruyama Okyo / Plovers with a wintry moon
This is a masterpiece that depicts a half moon floating brilliantly in the bitterly cold sky and plovers, a familiar winter seasonal word in haiku, using only ink. It has a box with the inscription by Mori Ippo who was a Mori school painter from the late Edo period. Formerly owned by the Setsuda family, a sake wholesaler that has been in business since the Edo period.
Ishiko Yurin / Woodpecker in Autumn Mountain
This painting vividly expresses the atmosphere of autumn. The delicately painted work is gorgeous and beautiful.
Inscription by Obaku Kacho, painted by Mori Sosen / Monkey parent and child
The fluffy fur and carefully drawn affectionate gestures will warm your heart. This is an excellent work by Mori Sosen, a master of monkey painting.
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Junyo / Bird and flowers
A flower-and-bird painting by the 18th abbot of Higashi Honganji, Junyo. The bird's gesture is cute, and the painting tells that he was as skilled as a professional painter.
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Kano Eisen’in / Rabbit and wavelets
This piece depicts the legendary rabbit that is said to live on the moon. The cute rabbit is drawn with strong lines.
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Hashimoto Gaho / Wild cows
It has the atmosphere of a truly modern Japanese painting, incorporating the perspective technique of Western painting. You can feel the so much distance of the landscape.
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.
Otani Son’yu / Wild goose
A wild goose is flying above the moon reflected on the water's surface. Its wide-spread wings are expressed with bold brushstrokes and light and dark tones of the ink. The humorous expression of the goose creates a peaceful feeling.
Munakata Shiko / Carp
The calmly swimming carp, cool blue color, and folds on the fan surface give it a tasteful appearance.
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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.
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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Hanabusa Itcho / Horse
The name 'Hokuso-o (北窓翁)' indicates that it was made in the later years of Itcho's life. Certification by Okura Kosai.
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.
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.
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.
Kano Hogai / Tiger in a bamboo forest
A cute tiger seems to be shrugging its head under a bamboo grove swaying in the wind. Although the work follows the Kano school of tigers, it is fun to look at its humorous appearance without being scary.
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.
Nagasawa Rosetsu / Sparrows on a rock with Peonies
This is an excellent piece by Rosetsu that is full of things to see.
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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Murakami Kagaku / Mottled cow
Kagaku was selected for the 9th Bunten exhibition in 1915, and often painted pictures of oxen plowing a field around that time.