Spatzen im Bambus 省の竹 | Kishi Chikudō 岸竹堂 | 1826-1897 – Morikawa Sōbun | 1847 -1932　森川曽文 |  Stillleben The bird perches on a

The bird perches on a blossoming branch from a tree whose species is not entirely easy to identify

More important than botanical clarity

denn die Praxis und der Ausdruck von katsu ist nahe beim Animalischen

is the forefather of the Shijō school

Spatzen im Bambus 省の竹 | Kishi Chikudō 岸竹堂 | 1826-1897 – Morikawa Sōbun | 1847 -1932　森川曽文 |  Stillleben The bird perches on aThis picture is an interesting collaborative work. Teamwork is not uncommon in Japanese painting, but usually two or more painters are involved in the actual picture and each of them only signs the element that they have added to the picture. Here, however, the The main picture was painted by Kishi Chikud, who was famous at the time, and it is assumed that the 20 years younger and less illustrious painter Morikawa Sbun later (possibly only after