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Mori Sosen / Monkey playing with bamboo
Among Sosen’s monkeys, this one is drawn with a dynamic energy, almost like a sketch. His keen insight into the monkey’s quick movements is truly impressive.
2022年1月29日
Mori Sosen / Monkey parent and child
一体何をしている場面なのでしょうか。親猿が警戒しているのを、子猿が不思議そうに眺めているようにも見えますが、こんなところにも狙仙ならではのリアリティを感じます。
Tags: modern times, year round
2021年2月20日
Mori Sosen / Hirsute Raspberries and a monkey
Sosen, who excelled in painting monkeys, is said to have spent several years observing monkeys in the mountains and fields. This is a heartwarming piece depicting a monkey engrossed in eating Hirsute Raspberries.
2024年2月20日
Mori Sosen / A deer
As expected from Sosen, who specialized in painting monkeys, his expression of the texture of the stiff fur is superb.
2023年2月3日
Mori Ippo / The carp
This work was exhibited at the exhibition “Real-The Most Oddity” held at the Fuchu Art Museum in 2018.
Tags: closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, latter half of the Edo period, modern times
2024年4月29日
Mori Ippo / Hakuzosu(The fox spirit) under the moon
Hakuzosu is said to be a fox spirit disguised as a monk. Hakuzosu stands alone in a withered autumn field. Looking up at the moon, what is he thinking?
2023年2月16日
Meiji and Taisho period / Reunion of The Sanzu-no-Kawa (Sanzu River)
This painting depicts a moment of joy with a lover who has crossed the Sanzu River and reunited. It may be the very proof of love that we can recognize each other even when we are bones.
Tags: closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, latter half of the Edo period, modern times, modern times
2024年8月17日
Matumura Keibun / Willow and a bush warbler
It is painted in a single color of ink, but gives the feeling of early spring.
Tags: modern times, Shijo Faction (of the LDP)
2023年12月22日
Matsumura Keibun / Two birds flying over the waves
It takes no easy skill to express waves with just a single brush stroke of ink. Two plovers flying around under the moonlight. The depiction of the quiet waves invites a sense of tranquility, so quiet that you can almost hear the sound of their wings.
Tags: modern times
2022年1月22日
Matsumura Keibun / Pine tree, Taihu stone and monkeys
Although the work depicts a relaxed scene, there is something humorous about the two monkeys staring at each other with stern expressions.
Tags: modern times, Shijo Faction (of the LDP)
2024年5月12日
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