Paneel: Zwei Landschaften (ehemals Diptychon) | Kanō Yōsen‘in 狩野養川院 | 1753-1808 Blumen he refrained from using his

he refrained from using his master's sometimes almost grotesque textual and graphic style of expression

On the one hand

so that we can also see semi-plastic forms (e

Für die Darstellung der zarten Blüten verwendete der Maler aber einen feinen

a sadness that can be read in his sensitively portrayed eyes

Paneel: Zwei Landschaften (ehemals Diptychon) | Kanō Yōsen‘in 狩野養川院 | 1753-1808 Blumen he refrained from using hisYsen'in was the sixth head of the Kobikich studio of the Kan school in Tokyo and was in the direct service of the then shogun (as a so called oku eshi). He received several high ranks that testify to his official esteem. A professional painter of that time had to master various styles; a personal style was not in demand, especially in the Kan school. In this diptych, Ysein'in provides evidence of his mastery of Chinese ink painting, as it had been