Among the Japanese painters active in Kyoto from the Meiji to Showa periods were Kansetsu Hashimoto (1883-1945) and Shiho Sakakibara (1887-1971).
Hashimoto studied Chinese studies from an early age and was highly regarded for his works inspired by Chinese classics and literature. In his later years, he increasingly used animals as his subject matter. His animal paintings, which show an elegant and highly spiritual nature, can be said to be one of the artistic achievements of Hashimoto.
Sakakibara was fascinated by flowers and birds and continued to paint flower-and-bird paintings throughout his life. He was a painter who tried to capture every detail of the beauty of nature, and he was strict and diligent in his daily life. The purity of his works reveals Sakakibara's loving gaze toward nature.
This exhibition introduces the works of these two artists who broke new ground in their respective fields of animal and flower-and-bird painting.
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