- Title:
- Flowers on a Dead Tree
- Artist:
- Kawanabe Kyosai
- Date:
- Late Edo Period（19th C.）
- Size:
- Notes:
- That would be like planting pebbles and getting potatoes.
- Number:
- E-151
This is painting based on a series which pictorialized one hundred Japanese proverbs. It portrays “Kareki ni Hana” (Flowers on a Dead Tree) and “Inu no Kawabata” (Dog Strolling along the Riverbank). The proverb of “Flowers on a Dead Tree” signifies the revival of something which has almost died. A d
