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Kato Bunrei / A swallow flying under the willows
The startled expression on the face is quite lovely. This is a work by Kato Bunrei, Tani Buncho’s master in his childhood.

Tags: modern times, small birds
2020年8月28日
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.

Tags: modern times, year round
2024年5月19日
Kano Yasunobu / Tigers with bamboo
Apparently, for Yasunobu, the ink painting that requires the delicate expression was hard to deal with, but the tiger he painted is very attractive.

Tags: modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris)
2023年3月12日
Kano Yasunobu / A flock of rabbits
This is a rabbit painting by Kano Yasunobu, the founder of the Nakahashi Kano school. The three rabbits, drawn lightly in light ink, are lined up like a Dango, creating an adorable scene.

Tags: modern times, year round
2025年9月14日
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.”

2024年6月14日
Kano Tanshin / Two hanging scrolls of climbing carp
Tanshin, the seventh generation of the Kajibashi Kano school, studied the paintings of his ancestor Kano Tan’yu in order to rebuild his family.

Tags: modern times
2024年6月17日
Kano Takanobu / Carp climbing up a waterfall
Kano Takanobu studied under Isen’in and worked on painting of the sliding screens of Edo Castle as an official painter for the Edo Shogunate. Compared to the precise expression of the carp, the depiction of the splashes of water is more stylized and unique.

Tags: closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, latter half of the Edo period, modern times
2023年5月3日
Kano Seisen’in / The carp climbing a waterfall
The splashes of water are expressed with a misting technique, creating a sense.

Tags: modern times
2024年2月9日
Kano Kagenori / Three hanging scrolls of Takasago
This auspicious set of scrolls depicts cranes, turtles, a pine tree, and more, based on the theme of “Takasago,” a familiar Noh play.

Tags: modern times
2020年10月6日
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.

Tags: Chinese Zodiac Sign, Tiger, latter half of the Edo period, modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris), year round
2020年5月23日
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