Tree Planting Ceremony

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Kawai Gyokudo

  • Showa period, 1948
  • color on paper
  • handscroll

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

On the occasion of the first tree-planting festival held in Ome City, Tokyo, Kawai Gyokudo was approached by Empress Kojun, and later presented her with this painting inscribed with waka poetry he had written himself as a token of gratitude. Gyokudo also taught the empress how to paint, and this work is a testimony to their close relationship. (「The Imperial Family and Miyazaki Prefecture」2021)

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Title/Name Tree Planting Ceremony
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Artist/
Creator
Kawai Gyokudo
Period/Era Showa period
Century
Quantity handscroll
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ink on paper
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Excavation
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Place
Aichi Tokyo Tokyo Gifu
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SZK004766
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
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Tree Planting Ceremony

Tree Planting Ceremony

On the occasion of the first tree-planting festival held in Ome City, Tokyo, Kawai Gyokudo was approached by Empress Kojun, and later presented her with this painting inscribed with waka poetry he had written himself as a token of gratitude. Gyokudo also taught the empress how to paint, and this work is a testimony to their close relationship. (「The Imperial Family and Miyazaki Prefecture」2021)