Tanabata (Orihime and Kengyu)

The Chinese legend of Orihime and Kengyu. The two smiling at each other are depicted with elegant brushwork.

2020年6月16日

Tamaoki Raiseki / The tiger watches vigilantly for a chance

This is a tiger painting by Tamaki Raiseki, an animal painter who was active from the Meiji to Showa periods. Raiseki studied animal painting on his own, and became recognized by the world for his tiger painting techniques.

Tags: Chinese Zodiac Sign, Tiger, modern times, tiger (Panthera tigris), year round

2023年8月25日

Takaku Ryuko / Sobering-up time

This work painted by Takaku Ryuko, who established his own unique style of painting by fusing Nanga and Yamato-e.

Tags: modern times

2021年2月27日

Takahashi Kyoson / Landscapes of sansha (Three Shrines)

The painting depicts a deer, which is said to be a messenger of the gods, and a sacred mirror hanging from a tree, signifying that the place is shrouded in holiness and pure air.

Tags: closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, deer, latter half of the Edo period, modern times, pine tree (Pinus spp.), small birds

2021年2月13日

Sugimoto Kenkichi / Discussion about the belly button

The three of them show their bellies to each other and have a discussion. If you look closely at its belly, it seems that the kappa has a navel. Is the kappa, a Japanese monster, a mammal? We do not know for sure, but the puzzled expressions on the frog and turtle’s faces make you laugh.

Tags: modern times

2023年6月8日

Suda Kunitaro / Japanese crane and an oak tree

This is a heavy piece that is typical of Suda Kunitaro. This is a rare piece painted with colored lacquer on a ceramic panel.

2020年5月23日

Suda Kunitaro / Crane and red plum (square drawing paper)

Suda Kunitaro was an unusual painter who studied aesthetics at Kyoto University and continued to create art while teaching there.

Tags: modern times

Sou Shizan / The tiger

Song 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.

2024年6月10日

Sano Kosui / Small bird with plum blossoms

A bluebird intently pecks at plum blossoms swaying in the early spring breeze. This flower-and-bird painting evokes a sense of freshness.

2020年5月21日

Sakakibara Shiho / Two sparrows

Two sparrows are enjoying a meal under gorgeously blooming plum trees. This work evokes the coming of spring.

2021年8月22日