Kubo’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
The Noda Jewel River, from a hexaptych depicting the Six Jewel Rivers
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Returning from a Poetry Gathering
Gathering spring flowers
The Ide Jewel River
Takeda Mechanical Device (Takeda karakuri): Haku Rakuten (Chinese: Bai Juyi) and the fisherman
Marigold (Kinsenka) and Rashomon Flowers, from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)"
Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by Kose no Omi (Kose no Omi ga Taketori monogatari), from the series "A Picture Contest for the Sono Poetry Circle (Sono-ren e-awase)"
Pine Trees, from the series "Tosa Diary for the Shofudai, Hisakataya, and Bunbunsha (Shofudai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki)"
Peacock, Pine Tree, and Peonies, from the series "A Set of Three Petals (San hira no uchi)"
Maker of Sword Fittings at his Workbench
No. 7: Votive paintings of Six Immortal poets, flying geese, and a pagoda made of coins, from the series "Seven Pictures for the Hisakataya (Hisakataya shichiban no uchi)"
Kasuya Takenori, from the series "Parody of the Seven Spear-bearing Samurai of Yanagase (Ito no Yanagase shichihon yari ume)"
Party by a winding stream
Woman and two boys gathering abalone, from the series "The Tosa Diary (Tosa nikki)"
Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
Yellow Roses (Yae yamabuki) and Creeping Saxifrages (Yukinoshita), from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)"
Cock, Hen, and Rising Sun, from the series "Seven Bird-and-flower Prints for the Fuyo Circle of Kanuma in Shimotsuke Province (Yamagawa Shimotsuke Kanuma Fuyo-ren kacho nanaban tsuzuki no uchi)"
Various Spring Flowers, from the series "Springtime Plants and Trees for the Kasumi Poetry Circle of the Yomo Group (Yomogawa Kasumi-ren haru no kusaki no uchi)"
Passage 237 (Nihyaku sanjunana dan), from the series "Essays in Idleness for the Asakusa Group (Asakusagawa Tsurezuregusa)"
Courtesan Dreaming of Procession