Kamisaka Sekka

Returning to Japan, he taught at the newly opened Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, experimented with Western tastes, styles, and methods, and incorporated them into his otherwise traditional Japanese-style works.

[3] While he sticks to traditional Japanese subject matter, and some elements of Rinpa painting, the overall effect is very Western and modern.

[2] The Japanese name of the series can first be found in the eighth-century poetic text Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves (Man'yōshū), which refers to a multi-leaved autumnal herb (momoyogusa), possibly a chrysanthemum or wormwood.

[3] The sixty image work displays a variety of landscapes, figures, classical themes, and innovative subjects, captured in a small space.

They show Sekka's complete mastery of traditional Rimpa style, as well as combining his own approach and understanding of the innovations influencing Japan at the time.