Fächerbild Nō-Stück „Kochō“ 胡蝶 | Tosa Mitsubumi 土佐光文 | 1812-1879 Tieger Ebisu collects his fish in

Ebisu collects his fish in the brown basket

she preferred the hiragana syllabary like her medieval court models

Red and white are two colors that belong together in Japan: in the indigenous Shintō religion

In the foreground is a crane – a symbol of "long life

Fächerbild Nō-Stück „Kochō“ 胡蝶 | Tosa Mitsubumi 土佐光文 | 1812-1879 Tieger Ebisu collects his fish inThe Tosa school is one of the great art institutions in Japan. It is stylistically linked to the oldest painting, the so called yamato e. In contrast to the black and white ink painting that developed in Japan in the 15th century from Chinese painting, the Tosa school adheres to the unbroken colorfulness of court painting. The great era of Tosa painting was the 15th 16th century, but talented painters also emerged in later generations. Tosa Mitsubumi