Pomegranate, 1833, Urakami Shunkin, Japanese, 1779 - 1846, 7 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. ( × cm) (sheet, fan)12 1/2 × 22 in. ( × cm) (mount), Ink and color on mica paper, Japan, 19th century, Although many Japanese Nanga painters created works based on or inspired by old Chinese and Japanese masters, Urakami Shunkin is known to have used his own sketches drawn from real life as the basis for his finished works. Equally comfortable creating large-scale landscapes and small, detailed studies of plant life such as this picture of a pomegranate, still on the branch and split open

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