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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.

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2020年5月23日

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

So Shiko / The hawk


Perhaps he is searching for prey. His gaze into the distance exudes a sense of tension. So Shiko was a painter of the late Edo period. As the grandson of So Shiseki and son of So Shizan, he inherited the Shen Nanpin school.

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2025年8月3日

So Shiko / Carp and big waves


A carp leaps vigorously, sending up a splash of water. This dynamic moment is beautifully captured.So Shiko was a painter of the late Edo period. As the grandson of So Shiseki and son of So Shizan, he inherited the Shen Nanpin school.

2025年9月6日

Shibata Zeshin / Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Shita-kiri Suzume)


An grandfather, worried about a sparrow that was chased out of the house after an grandmother cut out its tongue, goes to the mountains to search for it.

2025年8月26日

Sano Kosui / Small bird with plum blossoms


A bluebird is diligently pecking at plum blossoms which is swaying in the early spring breeze. This flower-and-bird painting evokes a sense of freshness.

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2020年5月21日

Sakai Tadaaki / Rabbits and rough horsetails


Two cute, plump rabbits stand on a small hill. The combination of rough horsetail and rabbits is said to have become popular around the middle of the Edo period as a pattern on kimonos and porcelain known as the “rough horsetail and rabbit pattern.(木賊兎文)”

2025年10月8日

Painted by Yamaguchi Soken,inscription by Kagawa Kageki / Sparrow and bamboo


The painting was done by Yamaguchi Soken, one of the Ten Excellent Painters of the Okyo School, and the inscription was written by Kagawa Kageki, a poet from the late Edo period. A sparrow is perched on a thin bamboo stalk, looking as dignified as a samurai.

2021年12月10日

Painted by Sakai Sanryo, inscription by Tomiyasu Fusei / Kappa is happy


This is an adorable piece of art depicting a kappa (Japanese specter) holding a catfish and looking proud and happy. The artist, Sakai Sanryo, was a lifelong friend of Ogawa Usen.

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2023年4月30日

Painted by Jikihara Gyokusei, inscription by Yamaguchi Seishi / School of fish


The “Yotaki” written in the inscription is a summer seasonal word and refers to a fishing method in which fish-attracting lights are lit at night and the fish that gather around the light are caught.

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2020年9月11日

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