The 191 Artworks of media Pigment and containing the word taki katei, pigment

Preparatory sketch on paper in ink and colour pigment of Jurojin, God of Longevity. He stands on a cloud and holds a staff in one hand and a scroll in the other. Two bats appear below the cloud. Jurojin is one of the seven Gods of fortune in Daoism. Originated from the Chinese Daoist god who was the...

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Preparatory sketch in ink and colour pigment depicting two female figures. The older female on the left represents the goddess Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West. Daoism had a group of ‘immortals,’ beings who had achieved supernatural powers through mastery of secret skills. Among these was Xiwa...

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Preparatory sketch on paper in black ink and colour pigment depicting a deer poised on the edge of a rocky outcrop above a rapidly flowing stream, dated 1895. A fungus (known as reishi in Japanese) provides an accent of red near the bottom, above which orchids are growing. The representation of pine...

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Preparatory sketch in black ink and red pigment showing branches of a red plum blossom tree. Katei developed friendships with some of the Chinese men who served at the embassy in Tokyo. In 1879, Shen Meishi bestowed the poetic name of ‘Red Plum Embankment Hall’ on Katei’s newly constructed residence...

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Thanks to the similarity of the words, the visual combination of oak tree (bai in Chinese and haku in Japanese) and deer (lu in Chinese and roku in Japanese) conveyed wishes for a high salary (literally, ‘one hundred’). The theme had been popularised in Japan by Shen Nanping, a Chinese painter who l...

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This is a study drawing for the companion piece to the works depicting fish. In finished versions it has the title /

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In May 1961, Insho/

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This work was inspired by Travelers seen by Insho during his stay in Paris. A fortune-teller/

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