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despite extensive textual studies
led him to engage in the art trade in Edo (Tokyo) towards the end of his relatively short life
he chose only two sparrows as his subject
) and looks at leaves
But he also uses very thin ink for the evening sky
Zwei Kraniche | Sakai Hoitsu酒井抱一 | 1761-1829 material:silk despite extensive textual studiesCranes are symbols of a happy, long life. They accompany the god of luck Fukurokuju and are the representative birds of the island of Hraizan, i. e. the "island of the immortals". Something of this symbolic character resonates in this picture too. The two birds are only related to each other, they stand in a completely neutral brown space. The position of their feet gives us the only spatial depth, because the bodies themselves are conceived more in
