🌟 Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts 🌟 (2)

🌟 Li Di's "Red and White Hibiscus" I usually struggle with white powder washes, but seeing Li Di's petals made me kneel in admiration. 🌇🌿The delicate pink and pure white are so tender and bright. Hanging in a group on the left and right, surrounded by rich Buddhist paintings, they appear even more elegant and transcendent. At that moment, it seemed as if I heard the sound of a zither, smelled the fragrance of tea, and looked out the window to see peonies blooming in the morning light—truly refined! 🌿 🌟 National Treasure Cherry Blossom Painting by Hasegawa Kyūzō, Momoyama Period Hasegawa Kyūzō and his father, Hasegawa Tōhaku, were famous painters of their time. 🌇🌿 The son's cherry blossom painting will be on display until May 11th, and the father's maple painting will be shown from May 13th to June 1st. The composition and colors of the cherry blossom painting are very bold and exaggerated. 🌇🌿 Delicate branches are laden with thickly painted white cherry blossoms, and the grass flowers at the bottom are also enlarged in proportion. The entire work is gorgeous and lively. Squatting to appreciate it from the contemporary perspective, you can truly feel the cherry blossoms hanging from the branches. 🌸 🌟 National Treasure Gold Seal "King of Na" from the Yayoi Period Books say that the two most important artifacts from ancient Japan are this gold seal and the Seven-Branch Sword on display at the Nara National Museum. I was fortunate to see both this time. The Book of the Later Han records that Emperor Guangwu of Han bestowed this seal upon the King of Na. 🌇🌿 The text from the history books has come to life so vividly, serving as the earliest evidence of Sino-Japanese exchange. It is a 2.3cm square, weighing 108g, with a snake as the seal knob. Seals for southern countries had snake knobs, while those for northern countries had camel knobs. 🌇🌿 The seal face is inscribed with five seal script characters: "King of Na of Han." #Osaka 🌇🌿