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Depicted here are a rabbit, a heron, a plum tree and a bamboo tree. From the mid-1500s to the early 1600s, the artist Sōtatsu favored a technique that involved applying darker shades of ink on top of lighter shades, mixing the two on the work. Resultantly, his subjects are portrayed with a rich three-dimensionality, as seen in this work here.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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June 1, 2026