Mori Sosen “Wild boar”

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Title	“Wild boar”
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Artist	Mori Sosen（1747-1821）
Date Created	After 1807
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　A wild boar bursting forth from moonlit thickets. Raising its front legs and bellowing, its form radiates the very momentum of “猪突猛進（rush recklessly）.”
　Using a dry brush, the artist masterfully recreates the boar’s coarse, bristly fur. By skillfully employing variations in ink density, the body is rendered with a substantial, weighty presence, as if saturated with the night dew.
　It is a powerful work, one that seems to fix you with the fierce, wild light in the boar’s eyes.
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　Mori Sosen (1747-1821) was a painter active in the late Edo period. He initially used the name “祖仙”, but changed it to “狙仙” in 1807. He excelled at realistic and delicate animal paintings, gaining popularity mainly in Osaka.

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