Kotobuki Kalligrafie mit Vogel 壽 | Koreanisch anonym | 19. Jh. format:56cmx170cm there were even "tanuki specialists"

there were even "tanuki specialists" like Konoshima Ōkoku

But this particular symbol is painted in the style of the archaic seal script reisho—without illustrative potential

Painting waterfalls is tempting

huddled together in the cold

he was politically active in the fight for the emperor's rights ( the Sonnō Jōi movement)

Kotobuki Kalligrafie mit Vogel 壽 | Koreanisch anonym | 19. Jh. format:56cmx170cm there were even "tanuki specialists"Korean calligraphy from the 19th century (and earlier) is rarely available in stores. The calligraphy style of this scroll painting has something folksy about it with its clich like nature. The bird on the left is just a cipher, as it were, of a similar kind that is often found in the painting of ceramic vessels. What is exciting, however, is the juxtaposition of this bird formula with the highly artistic and sophisticated lettering of the symbol for