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Nagasawa Rosetsu / Purple wisteria flowers and two sparrows
Wisteria is drawn with flowing lines. Two sparrows are staying underneath. Rosetsu’s unique and attractive brushworks make this work very impressive.
Tags: modern times, small birds
2022年1月10日
Nagasawa Rosetsu / Bamboo and Stone with Turtle
In Rosetsu’s works, occasionally exquisite compositions emerge. In this painting, a turtle snugly fits into the foreground’s margin, creating a slightly mysterious composition. Rosetsu’s approach involves pushing elements into the painting without concern if they might overflow, capturing a sense of freedom from conventional concepts and a joyous, uninhibited enjoyment of painting.
Tags: modern times
2024年6月28日
Nagai Naotane / Crested mynas
Crested myna is a bird that has long been a subject of painting in China. It is known for being very friendly to humans and for imitating human speech. The mounting of this work is one of the finest of its kind at the time.
Tags: modern times
2020年5月22日
Nagai Ikka / Yatagarasu
This work was painted by Nagai Ikka, who was known as the crow doctor. The Yatagarasu is a three-legged crow that is the messenger of the Amaterasu Omikami. The way it flies through the light evokes the Chinese legend that the three-legged crow lives in the sun.
Tags: modern times, year round
2020年5月23日
Muromachi-Momoyama period / Plum and three wise monkeys
“The three wise monkeys” are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil (mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru)”. This work was painted during the Muromachi period.
Tags: modern times
2023年11月6日
Murakami Kagaku / Mottled cow
Kagaku was selected for the 9th Bunten exhibition in 1915, and often painted pictures of oxen plowing a field around that time.
Tags: modern times
2020年5月22日
Munakata Shiko / Carp
The calmly swimming carp, cool blue color, and folds on the fan surface give it a tasteful appearance.
Tags: modern times
2020年6月7日
Mori Tetsuzan / Monkey parent and child on a deer
The detailed depiction expresses the three-dimensional effect and the texture of the fur. The innocent pose of the deer and the mother and child monkey will make you smile.
Mori Tetsuzan / A rabbit in Autumn
Mori Tetsuzan was an expert at painting animals, and he accurately captured the characteristics of the rabbit with his brush.
Tags: modern times
2024年4月14日
Mori Sosen / Tiger in the snow
The tiger is drawn with ink, but it is full of realism and conveys a lively appearance. There is an inscription on the box by Japanese painter Kawamura Manshu.
2021年5月2日
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