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Mori Sosen

  • late Edo period, 18-19th c.
  • color on silk
  • set of three hanging scrolls

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Mori Sosen ( 1747?-1821 ), establisher of the Mori School which specialized in animal paintings, was influenced by Okyo and showed a style based on realism characterized by minute and precise brushwork, etc. In this work, the depiction of monkeys stands out because of the vast space with only thin ink mist in the background. (「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)

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Title/Name Monkeys
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Name
Artist/
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Mori Sosen
Period/Era Edo period
Century 18c. 19c.
Quantity set of three hanging scrolls
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color on silk
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Excavation
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Place
Osaka Yamaguchi Fukuoka
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No.
SZK000620
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
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Monkeys

Monkeys

Mori Sosen ( 1747?-1821 ), establisher of the Mori School which specialized in animal paintings, was influenced by Okyo and showed a style based on realism characterized by minute and precise brushwork, etc. In this work, the depiction of monkeys stands out because of the vast space with only thin ink mist in the background. (「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.1」2003)