Schnepfen unter Hibiskus 鴫二羽 | Gotō Kōho 五島耕畝 | 1882-1958 Menschen Under the white sack (this

Under the white sack (this time probably belonging to Jurōjin) are Jurōjin's fan and walking stick

The way the painter very cleverly avoids the danger of the two bodies being isolated from the background with their white: he draws the brown of the ground coat into the plumage to indicate layers of feathers

led him to engage in the art trade in Edo (Tokyo) towards the end of his relatively short life

He became particularly famous for his portraits of women and for his paintings featuring carps

Schnepfen unter Hibiskus 鴫二羽 | Gotō Kōho 五島耕畝 | 1882-1958 Menschen Under the white sack (thisGot Kho is one of those serious nihonga painters who underwent rigorous training and subsequently distinguished themselves through incredible conscientiousness in the practice of their craft. Nihonga means "Japanese painting" and, since the late 19th century, has been an aesthetic movement within the ever increasing stylistic diversity of Western and Chinese painting styles, whose motifs are oriented toward Japanese identity. However, the best nihonga