Fledermaus, Spinnennetz | Kimura Buzan 木村武山 | 1876-1942 Maske who is even 20 years

who is even 20 years older than the painter

Für die Darstellung eines solchen Wesens im Flug ist der wilde

eigentlich recht komplizierte Zeichen für Wolke 雲

At the age of 23

though he later also studied under renowned painters such as Okamoto Toyohiko

Fledermaus, Spinnennetz | Kimura Buzan 木村武山 | 1876-1942 Maske who is even 20 yearsKimura Buzan is an undisputed master of nihonga. This style emerged in the Meiji period (1867 1912) as a counterweight to the aggressive influx of Western painting at that time. Nihonga actually just means "Japanese painting", but it refers to a style that adapts Western techniques and attempts to use these means to develop a new Japanese pictorial sensibility. The two animals in this picture are primarily Chinese symbols of good luck (Buzan in