Tanuki (Dachs bzw. Marderhund) | Yoshimura Hōryū 吉村鳳柳 | 1874 - 1936 material:Paper He employed Western perspective (but

He employed Western perspective (but only when it appealed to him artistically)

This is probably the most idiosyncratic calligraphy in the Guignard Kyoto Collection

the ancient version of Chinese football was certainly influential

die Shijō-Schule in Kyoto gegründet hatte

Tanuki (Dachs bzw. Marderhund) | Yoshimura Hōryū 吉村鳳柳 | 1874 - 1936 material:Paper He employed Western perspective (butHry made a name for himself as an animal painter. He worked in the realistic tradition that goes back to Maruyama kyo (1733 1795). The tanuki only became a popular animal motif relatively late in Japanese art history. In the second half of the 19th century, there were even "tanuki specialists" like Konoshima koku, who was three years younger than Yoshimura. In Japanese folk culture, the tanuki is almost as belovedor perhaps infamousas the mischievous