Hokusai "Hibiscus and Sparrow" GoTora natural tone and a soft

natural tone and a soft

it reached an entirely new frontier

we Japanese had a culture surrounding our gardens and engawa (verandas)

Tear jars were used in ancient Rome to hold tears of sorrow

Saruwaka-cho is located near present-day Asakusa 6-chome

Hokusai "Hibiscus and Sparrow" GoTora natural tone and a softThis is one of Hokusai's Hokusai Flower and Bird Art Collection series, consisting of 10 works, and the paintings show how he tried to express not only flowers and birds, but also the wind and air in nature. In this work, hibiscuses are flowers that bloom around August to October and bloom around the same time of year, and the language of flowers includes delicate beauty and graceful. The hibiscuses' petals are delicately drawn, while the leaves are