“Turtles at Play”

Maruyama Ōkyo

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Artist Name: Maruyama Ōkyo
Title: “Turtles at Play”
Dimensions: painting：92.5×34.0cm
full length：169.0×44.5㎝
Medium: ink with colors on silk
Description: Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795) was a painter of the mid and late Edo period.
He learnt about how to paint from some Chinase and European paintings.
His delicate art style let him establish his own group which is the origin of modern arts in Kyōto.
Ink and Gold on Silk