Reiher unter Lotos-Blatt | Kanō Furunobu (Eisen) attr. 狩野栄川 | 1694-1731 Pflaumenbaum indem man die Figur mit

indem man die Figur mit mehreren Armen – bis zu tausend – und auch mehreren Köpfen darstellt

which in turn refers to the pictorial element "water"

These tanka texts perfectly embody the poetic conception of autumn in Japan: melancholy

it doesn't matter – one likes spring as much as autumn

Reiher unter Lotos-Blatt | Kanō Furunobu (Eisen) attr. 狩野栄川 | 1694-1731 Pflaumenbaum indem man die Figur mitThis painting is unsigned, but the box it came in bore an inscription stating that the painter was Kan Furunobu. Therefore, the object is treated only as "attributed." Stylistically, it is certainly a painting from the Kan school of the 17th 18th century, and its quality makes it quite conceivable that it was indeed by the son of the famous Kan Takanobu. The motif is associated with the Zen world; Zen priests often used it in their paintings. The