Affen in Tempellaternen im Schnee | Mori Ippō 森一鳳 | 1798-1871 Fussball including the National Museum in

including the National Museum in Kyoto

Morikage was interested in purely Japanese subjects

but also through the original fresh blue of the mount

meticulous observation of an animal lying in tense wait complement one another here in a masterful manner

Affen in Tempellaternen im Schnee | Mori Ippō 森一鳳 | 1798-1871 Fussball including the National Museum inMori Ipp was a student of Mori Tetsuzan and was adopted by him, thus becoming part of the Mori family, which ran one of the most important painting schools in Kyoto in the 19th century. The subject of monkeys finding shelter in temple lanterns is a rare motif, but one that fits well with the Edo period (1603 1868). This was the era of bourgeois art, and the bourgeoisie loved narrative. They also appreciated solid craftsmanship (which most art buyers