There is a Mantis Behind

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Hara Zaisho

  • Edo period, 19th century
  • color on silk

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Hara Zaisho ( 1813-1871 ), acted as a painter serving the Imperial Palace, who participated in the construction of the Imperial Palace in the Ansei era. This painting depicts an allegory based on the historical event when the ruler of Chu Dynasty was attacking Jin, his minister thought only of immediate profit without consideration to later harm, figuratively treating the subjects as a cicada, a mantis, a sparrow and a child. （「New Edition　Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan　Vol.1」2003）

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Title/Name There is a Mantis Behind
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Creator		 Hara Zaisho
Period/Era Edo period Meiji period
Century 19c.
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Technique		 color on silk
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Place		 Kyoto
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No.		 SZK003009
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There is a Mantis Behind

There is a Mantis Behind

Hara Zaisho ( 1813-1871 ), acted as a painter serving the Imperial Palace, who participated in the construction of the Imperial Palace in the Ansei era. This painting depicts an allegory based on the historical event when the ruler of Chu Dynasty was attacking Jin, his minister thought only of immediate profit without consideration to later harm, figuratively treating the subjects as a cicada, a mantis, a sparrow and a child. （「New Edition　Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan　Vol.1」2003）

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