Hotei im Mondschein | Kanō Dōhaku Chikanobu狩野洞白愛信 | 1792-1821 Blumen Doch wenn wenn man sich

Doch wenn wenn man sich auf das Bild einlässt

melancholy prevails

The main scene

This creates a sense of depth that we also strongly perceive in the trees

meaning that tigers were more symbols than zoological realities

Hotei im Mondschein | Kanō Dōhaku Chikanobu狩野洞白愛信 | 1792-1821 Blumen Doch wenn wenn man sichThere is a bit of a problem with the name of this painter. He is known primarily as Dhaku. But the second name is read as "Chikanobu" or with other characters as "Nakanobu", "Naganobu" etc. Dhaku was highly respected in his time because he became the head of the Surugadai studio in the 5th generation. Studio heads were not necessarily Kan masters in the bloodline; they had to distinguish themselves primarily through achievement. The Kan school became