{"product_id":"zwei-rehe-unter-weiden-am-bach-mori-sosen-森祖仙-1749-1821","title":"Two deer under willow trees (by a stream) | Mori Sosen 森祖仙 | 1749–1821","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMori Sosen is the progenitor of a whole line of first-rate painters who bear his family name. Not much is known about his life; even his year of birth is not entirely certain. He initially studied (as was customary for an artistically talented boy) under a Kanō master. But he later forged his own path and specialized in animal painting—his paintings of monkeys are particularly famous (and expensive). His first name, “Sosen,” translates in this painting as “Ancestral Hermit”; later, he changed his name (while retaining the same character reading) to “Monkey Hermit.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis second major subject was deer. Since he no longer followed Chinese models in his animal paintings, as a Kanō master would, but instead ventured into the forest—even living there for a while (like a hermit!)—to study and depict the animals in their natural habitat, he created a new form of realism. His paintings are therefore always moving, particularly in the animals’ postures, which are consistently natural. The texture of the fur is rendered with enchanting precision down to the finest detail, without ever appearing flatly naturalistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSosen often paints an animal without an explicit setting; in this painting, however, he demonstrates that he also possesses a very confident brushstroke when depicting willows, reeds, and moss-covered rocks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe painting has been remounted and fitted with rollers made of black persimmon wood, a material used today almost exclusively for precious tea utensils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe box is original—with an inscription on the lid:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e森\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e祖仙\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e筆　\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e柳\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e双\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e鹿　\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMori\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Sosen’s\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Brush\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003eWillow\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/span\u003eTwo\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c\/span\u003eDeer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guignard Kyoto Collection","offers":[{"title":"41cm x 181cm \/ Paper","offer_id":56496561127809,"sku":"200412 ACC3","price":3600.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/3092\/9452\/files\/IMG_8286.jpg?v=1794403597","url":"https:\/\/guignard-kyoto-collection.ch\/en\/products\/zwei-rehe-unter-weiden-am-bach-mori-sosen-%e6%a3%ae%e7%a5%96%e4%bb%99-1749-1821","provider":"Guignard Kyoto Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}