Mori Sosen / Monkeys

This is a work that could only have been created by Sosen, who secluded himself in the mountains and observed the monkeys while living like them.

2024年6月7日

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

Mochizuki Gyokkei / Sparrows and bamboo on a snowy day

You can almost hear the sound of snow falling from the leaves and the chirping of sparrows.

Tags: modern times, small birds

2020年6月7日

Mio Goseki / Cat

A weasel chasing a mouse, and a cat catching the weasel. This work tells an epitome of the law of the jungle. Next to the signature is the inscription “Rin-ne (Samsara)”.

Tags: modern times, year round

2020年8月22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