Kamisaka sekka biography of michael

A young man wearing armor beneath his kimono sits on a rock holding a folding fan, his two swords identifying him as a samurai.

To his right are a dog and a monkey, both dressed in more casual yukata. The rock is washed with very decorative blue-green colors, and the cliff immediately behind was skillfully defined by a graded ink wash.

Kamisaka sekka biography of michael

The strong visual impact of the colorful group and the simple but very effective design identify the artist as a late member of the Rimpa School.

By the end of the 19th century earlier variants of the story of Momotaro, &#;The Peach Boy,&#; had yielded to the one that is now more-or-less standard.

Momotaro was introduced to this world from within a giant peach floating down a river where an old, childless woman was washing clothes. The woman and her husband opened the peach in order to eat it but instead discovered the child, who explained that he had been sent by Heaven to be their son.

The couple named him Momotaro, from