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Hashimoto Gaho / Baby leopard on a Tiger
A leopard frolicking by the water, riding on the back of a tiger. In ancient times, leopards were considered to be female tigers. This is an attractive work with humorous expressions.

Tags: Chinese Zodiac Sign, Tiger, latter half of the Edo period, modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris), year round
2020年5月22日
Hashimoto Gaho / 4 Hanging scrolls of Flowers and Birds in the Four Seasons
This is a set of four scrolls depicting birds in each season. Hashimoto Gaho attempted to innovate Japanese painting under Fenollosa and Okakura Tenshin. The box is signed by his disciple Kawai Gyokudo, and the certification is made by Terasaki Kogyo.

Tags: closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, latter half of the Edo period, modern times, small birds, year round
2025年3月17日
Haruki Nanmei / A deer under the moon
Nanmei had a gentle personality and many patrons, and it is said that Yamauchi Yodo, the lord of the Tosa domain, favored Nanmei so much that he had him live next door to his villa. This work was painted when Nanmei was 81 years old.

Tags: latter half of the Edo period, Southern School (of Chinese painting)
2023年9月22日
Hara Zaichu / Billows
It is a painting of raging waves depicting the rough surface of water almost overflowing from the screen, but as you look at it, a sense of calm gradually comes over your mind.

Tags: modern times, year round
2021年12月24日
Hanabusa Itcho / Bird on a Hagigaki with chrysanthemums
萩垣にちょこんととまる一匹の青い鳥。軽妙な筆致と温雅な色彩が美しい作品です。

2020年6月7日
Goshun / Grasshopper, rice and moon
This is a calming autumn piece that evokes the feeling of a refreshing night breeze.

Tags: modern times, Shijo Faction (of the LDP)
2020年6月17日
Garden landscapes of Spring and Autumn, A pair of six-panel folding screens painted in Mid-Edo period
Although the artist is unknown, these are the excellent Edo-period animal painting screens. The balance between the heavy background and the intricately drawn birds is beautiful and mysteriously charming.

Tags: modern times, small birds
2022年1月21日
Ganku / Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils
At first glance, it looks like a landscape painting, but there is a small tiger depicted. Based on the Chinese legend “Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils”, this painting depicts the scene of Zhou Chu killing the white-fronted tiger of Nanzan Mountain.

Tags: Chinese Zodiac Sign, Tiger, modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris), year round
2020年9月2日
Ganku / Tiger
At the time, tigers were generally depicted from the imagination, but it is said that Ganku obtained a tiger skull from a Chinese merchant and covered it with tiger skin before sketching.

2022年6月9日
Ganku / 2 hanging scrolls of tiger and waterfall
Ganku was so skilled at painting tigers that his tiger paintings were called “Ganku’s Tiger” with praise. The fierce, sharp gaze and the majestic appearance… the depiction is so powerful that you can almost hear the roar.

Tags: Chinese Zodiac Sign, Tiger, modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris)
2021年11月8日
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