The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, in British Columbia, has a large searchable online collection of art images, including a fine collection of Japanese art. I've only just learned about the place by coming across a mention of it in Joan Stanley-Baker's volume Japanese Art in the black-spined Thames & Hudson World of Art series. She was once Curator there.
Pines have been represented in Japanese art since the beginning. They are strongly identified with winter, and their gnarliness and individuality appeal to the skills of the ink painter/calligrapher. I've liked their company ever since I first lived amongst them on Pine Ridge in Kingston, Nova Scotia. D
About Nukina Kaioku.
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