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Grapes / Miyake Wakō - Budō
- Product ID
- 0296
- Name
- Miyake Wakō
- Profile
Born in Gifu prefecture, 1944, Wakou started painting under his father from his earliest childhood. His father was a painter too. Wakou became a disciple of Shikou Kojima who was also from Gifu prefecture and a nationally famous painter. Wakou received formal artistic training from Shikou and showed a skill for almost everything; birds and flowers, landscape and people. A former member of 墨人(bokujin) society. Now he belongs to Oriental Art society and is still active on the front line of Japanese art world.
- Size
- 480mm x 1250mm
- Roller End Material
- Plastic
- Material of the Work
- Japanese paper
- Price
- JPY 70,000
- Stock Condition
- Sold out
- Description
The grapevine grows spreading its vines toward many directions, twining around other things, and thus produces a lot of fruits. In view of this fact, grapes have been considered as the symbol of success achieved associating with other people. The grapevine bears many fruits in a single cluster. For this reason, grapes also have the meaning of prosperity of descendants and being blessed with children. As an auspicious symbol, grapes have been often chosen as subject matter for ornamental designs, textile patterns, and painting from ancient times. In this work of plump and juicy grapes painted by Miyake Wakō, grape leaves are painted in black ink alone, which interestingly puts further emphasis on the coloring of grapes.