Seeing this always makes me smile…and that’s priceless.

Simplicity and elegance

I love the delicacy of the painting, the soothing colors, and the rhythm of the design with the large branch moving the eye down and the bird moving it up gracefully.

It’s an ironic item for this period.

Beautiful fabric and colorwork.

It seems to be alive! It engages me immediately when I walk into the gallery.

It demonstrates attention to detail: limpets/barnacles on pot, octopus looks alive. Typifies Japanese aesthetics: simple everyday work object made beautiful (the fishing pot and the netsuke, a simple clothing attachment). Not bright big or showy: again, the Japanese subtly found in its flavors, language and social fabric. To me this IS Japan in a nutshell made of wood and glass..

I love Chinese brush drawing!

The powerful energy and elegance of the dancer.

Were the European Impressionists aware of this work? If not for the obviously Japanese lady, I might have thought this was painted by Vincent van Gogh!