Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Original Tanigami Konan (1879 - 1928) Japanese Woodblock Print Cosmos Series; Album of Western Plants and Flowers, 1917 link
Original Tanigami Konan (1879 - 1928) Japanese Woodblock Print Montbretia and Scabiosa Series; Album of Western Plants and Flowers, 1917 link
 Tanigami Konan 1879 - 1928  Konan Tanigami was born 1879 in Hyogo prefecture. He is well known “Birds and flowers” Nihon-ga artist. He was first Japanese to paint Western flowers and established a dynamic painting of flowers and birds.   Konan Tanigami produced five volumes of pictures of Western Plants which were published by Unsodo 1917/18. In 1917 he was selected to produce a series of peony prints for the Teiten (Imperial Exhibition). He is one of Japan’s most famous naturalist artist. This waterfall scroll is certainly a departure from his more popular style but many artists painted the cooling effect of waterfalls (Taki) Konan is one of Japans most famous artists and scrolls are rare and very valuable. link
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