Hotei im Mondschein | Kanō Dōhaku Chikanobu狩野洞白愛信 | 1792-1821 Blumen This creates a sense of

This creates a sense of depth that we also strongly perceive in the trees

meaning that tigers were more symbols than zoological realities

and in many collections in Europe

Itō Jakuchū

Hotei im Mondschein | Kanō Dōhaku Chikanobu狩野洞白愛信 | 1792-1821 Blumen This creates a sense ofThere is a bit of a problem with the name of this painter. He is known primarily as Dhaku. But the second name is read as "Chikanobu" or with other characters as "Nakanobu", "Naganobu" etc. Dhaku was highly respected in his time because he became the head of the Surugadai studio in the 5th generation. Studio heads were not necessarily Kan masters in the bloodline; they had to distinguish themselves primarily through achievement. The Kan school became