Fasan | Mori Kansai 森寛斎 | 1814-1894 Blumen and at the bottom

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The antique damaged box still had a legible inscription on the lid

But then there is his other side: an encounter with European painting on the quasi "ghetto island" of Deshima in Nagasaki shocked him so much that he immersed himself in the study of European oil painting and etching with an intensity that none of his contemporaries could match

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Fasan | Mori Kansai 森寛斎 | 1814-1894 Blumen and at the bottomMori Kansai is one of the three most important representatives of the Mori School in the 19th century. During his lifetime, he received high honors in the art world and participated in important exhibitions. His name is part of the core of 19th century painting. His works can be found in major museums in Japan, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The subject of the magnificent pheasant is certainly a standard one, even