Wasserfall 瀧 | Mori Ippō 森一鳳 | 1798-1871 format:27" x 80" the lotus blossoms

the lotus blossoms

The painting had suffered greatly over the last five hundred years and had been restored once before

A gently trickling waterfall fits beautifully with the tranquility of the garden

The linearly decorative yet colorfully expressive style of this type of painting stands out from the art landscape of the 16th/17th centuries

cultivated various styles

Wasserfall 瀧 | Mori Ippō 森一鳳 | 1798-1871 format:27" x 80" the lotus blossomsIpp is a brilliant figure in the Mori school of painting. This school was founded by Mori Sosen, whose distinction lay not in painting nature particularly animals according to traditional models, but in actually retreating into the wilderness to observe monkeys, deer and the like closely and then depict them. Ipp is a grand pupil of this brilliant painter, and through the tutelage of his direct teacher, Mori Tetsuzan by whom he was adopted he has