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Now it's your turn to be an art expert! Visit
Pacific Asia Museum's newest online exhibition Nature
of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints and
pick your favorite Nature of the Beast artwork and let the
world know what you think. We will post the most intriguing answers
on this page. Check back here later to see if your opinions
were chosen!
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Eagle in a Snowstorm
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
1848,
Scroll painting, ink and color on paper,
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Brumder, 1986.113.4 |
Eagle in a Snowstorm:
Eagle in a Snowstorm is my favorite
because of
the intense boastfullness of nature and her offspring (the eagle). The eagle is proud. He knows Mother Nature beholds more power but he does not stand down to anything. The eagle stands tall on the mountain, challenging his creator. I like how the artist painted the eagle like he is ready to kill his prey.
Evan Inglis, 13
Newport Beach, CA
I love the way the artist used different brush strokes and the way he plays whith the colors and how he expresses the feeling of the artwork like the snow. It looks as if the artist paints the eagle.
Lexis, 10
Florida
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Hermit Riding a Carp:
I really loved this piece first because of
the carp. I love sea creatures especially fishes and sharks. I
also like any piece that has the ocean or waves as does this
piece. I also identify with this drawing's subject matter. The
hermit that goes into the sea to learn the secrets of life, a
fantasy of mine as well. I am a scuba diver and can only imagine
taking a trip to the depths of the ocean to find out some secrets
with no diving gear! I love the style the artist used to depict
the carp and he made the fish look like a giant carpet ready
for the journey to the deep.
Juliet
Los Angeles, CA
Hermit Riding a Carp
Attributed to the Shohaku School
(1730–1781) Late 18th century
Scroll painting, ink on paper
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Dr. Jesse L. Greenstein, 2002.4.11
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Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki,
1997 / Film,
Studio Ghibli
Princess Mononoke:
I like this picture because it shows a monkey that is smelling a flower and it is also very colorful and it explains something that is real like the monkey that they show and not a animal that people don't know about for imagination only nothing else something another thing is that I like about this picture is that there it is nice and it looks like a real background also very colorful the picture shows an animal that is very hard to tell what it is so it's kind of a mystery to find out what the animal really is so you kinda of have to guess what animal it is and what it is doing.
Jessica, 11
Miami, FL
I like this picture because it creates a mood by looking serious.
Kylene, 11
Hialeah, FL
This drawing is very colorful. This artist used a lot of colors.Do you like it? IT LOOKS VERY REAL. I LOVE IT.
Jessenia, 11
Hialeah, FL |
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 Gathering of Foxes at Oji from the series “One Hundred Famous Views
of Edo”:
I picked this print because I like the colors, but more importantly, I like it's mysterious nature. Who are all these foxes? Why have they gathered? Reminds me of Neko Case's 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood' album cover, but less gruesome and more intriguing.
Jarl Anderson
Arvada, CO
Gathering of Foxes at Oji from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”
Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858)
Edo period (1603-1868)
Full-color woodblock print, ink on paper
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Henrietta Hill Swope Collection, 1981.12.133 |
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Tiger Seen from the Front:
I chose Nagasawa Rosetsu's "Tiger Seen from the Front" as my favorite. This amazing painting is a powerful depiction of a tiger's primal beauty. I love the provocative way that the tiger stares straight at the viewer as if threatening to leap right out of the painting (or my computer?). The tiger's menacing face is painted in strong detail, creating a perception that its head is projected far forward, almost out of the picture. The blurring of the tiger's body with the frame further blurs the boundary between the tiger and the viewer. Yet the tiger's power and grace are more majestic than malevolent. This painting reminds me of a similarly-themed Japanese wall hanging I had as a child. I chose it as my computer's background "wallpaper" as well. Thanks!
Dan
Los Angeles, CA
Tiger Seen from the Front
Nagasawa Rosetsu
(1754-1799) circa 1780s
Scroll painting, ink and color on silk
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kamansky, 1985.56.4 |
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| Two Shi-Shi Lions:
I guess I have to say that I ended up being drawn to this print. The Shi-Shi lions show their personality by the way they are stalking each other. It's like they look ferocious, but the way they act is not. The perspective of the picture is really cool because of the vertical mountain and the brush strokes. There is a lot of movement and action in the print. You can feel that one of the Shi-Shi lions will pounce at any time! I also like the fact that the lions have blue eyes.
Christy
Oakton, VA
Two Shi-Shi Lions
Ando Hiroshige
(1797–1858)
19th century
Full-color woodblock print, ink on paper
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Dr. George W.Housner, 2001.21.12 |
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Praying Mantis on Vine:
No, the praying mantis is not my favorite animal. I chose this image because of the way Zeshin painted it with delicate coloring and graceful features to match. The insect is perfectly integrated with the rest of the painting, fragile and gentle, slightly startled, echoing the lines of the vine. The wisteria blossom circles around as if to begin to embrace the leaves, vine, and insect, enclosed in the bottom right corner with a patch of its own lavender color, all the while reaching for the same color in the background at the top of the painting. Zeshin's signature reveals the calligraphic foundation for this artist's superior ability painting vines and insects.
Joan
Annandale, VA |
Praying Mantis on Vine
Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891)
19th century
Full-color woodblock print, ink on paper
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Dr. George W. Housner, 2001.21.38
I get both a sense of
tranquility and of humor from the print. I admire the
simplicity and grace.
Sue
Evanston, IL
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Two Trout in
a Stream:
The quietness
of this beautiful work is amazing. Compositionally,
it uses the silences as well as the subjects, and
an asymmetrical balance. It is most pleasing to me,
and seems to have a calming effect on the soul.
Gil Mosko
Van Nuys, CA |
Two Trout
in a Stream
Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858)
circa 1830
Scroll painting, ink and color on silk
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Herman Blackman and Barbara Lockhart Blackman, 1986.94.10 |
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Ten Thousand-Acre Plain at Suzaki Fukagawa:
Only the great master Hiroshige could bring the realm of this magnificant eagle to life. The detail is so superb, this raptor could fly out of his print into the skies. This fine woodblock is so very much alive. Go ahead look into the eyes, the soul and spirit of this proud creature. Imagine stroking the feathers, touching the beak, or the talons of this watchful bird of prey. What an experience to share the view with this eagle soaring high in search of prey, or protecting his territory with Mt. Fuji longing in the background. A delightful and enchanting image, which can only be seen from Hiroshige's realism and great respect for this creature and the symbolism of beauty and strength.
Cheryl Pashby
Claremont, CA |
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I have dreams of flying like this sometime. Always with my wings like this. But the wings almost resembles a hand. It's as if he is going to sweep up the whole large space from the heavens because of what ever he is focused on. From the earth section I see peace and from the heavens I can feel the wrath that is about to fall upon earth.
David Vancil
Los Angeles, CA |
Ten Thousand-Acre Plain at Suzaki Fukagawa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"
Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858)
19th century
Full-color woodblock print on paper
Pacific Asia Museum Collection
Gift of Dr. George W. Housner, 2001.21.17 |
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Visit Pacific Asia Museum's newest online exhibition Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints to pick YOUR favorite Nature of the Beast artwork.
[The Pacific Asia Museum reserves the right to edit responses so that they are appropriate for a general museum audience. Once submitted, all comments become the property of the Pacific Asia Museum. The opinions expressed are those of the writers and not of the Pacific Asia Museum.]
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