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Set of sliding doors of Plum tree
This painting was created in the early 17th Century. It was created by Kano Sanraku also known as Kimura Heizo. It was created in the Edo Period. The Kano Family used a Chinese firm ink line and broad, bright colours for their paintings. They created a sensitivity with the landscape and gold glowing leaf. -
Framed imaginary portrait of the poet Ōtomo no Yakamochi
This painting features the 8th Century poet, Otomo No Yakamochi. This painting was created by a member of the Kano family, Kano Tanyu. This poet was part of the Thirty-SIx Poetry Immortals. He had been a shogun and military commander. -
Wind God and Thunder God
This painting is featured in the Kyoto National Museum. This painting was created by Tawaraya Sotatsu. It was created in the early Edo Period. The golden foil background makes the Gods in this painting stand out. -
Cranes
This painting was created in the late 17th-early 18th Century. It is a six-panel folding screen on gold and silver paper. This type of painting is called "Rompa" and flourished during the Edo Period. The artist of this painting was Ogata Korin which had been inspired by Sotatsu's "Wind and Thunder Gods". -
The Poet Hitomaro
This painting was created in the first decade of the 19th century.
It is a hanging scroll with ink and colors on silk. This painting is displayed in the Berkeley Art Museum. It was created by the artist Sakai Hoitsu. -
Azuma Kudari from Ise Monogatari
This painting was created by Sakai Hoitsu. It is also called "The Tales of Ise". It was created in the late 1810's. It is part of the Fienburg Collection. It was ink and color on silk. -
Maples and Cherry Trees
This painting was created by Sakai Hoitsu. This painting was painted on a pair of screens lined with gold leafs and painted in mineral pigments. You would think that his master was Ogata Korin, though, he was a man Sakai had never met nor known before. -
Bamboo and Plum Tree
This painting was created in 18th Century, Edo Period. It was created by Ogata Korin. It is now a collection of the Tokyo National Museum. -
Fukagawa, the Ten Thousand Acres Plain at Susaki
The artist of this painting is Ando Hiroshige. This painting was created in 19th Century, Edo Period. It is a very powerful painting because of the eagle diving down to catch his prey in the snowy winter. This painting takes place in Fukagawa Susaki which was portion of land along the Edo Bay. -
The Compassionate Kannon
This painting was created by Kano Hogai. This painting portrays the Buddhist deity in the guise of a maternal figure who nurtures an infant below surrounded by a halo. This painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1883. Both figures hover on clouds high above a landscape that represents the world where the newborn child will live.
