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“Freedom always has a price.”

'Crows at Full Moon' (Japan, 1925 - 1936) by Ohara Koson.

Woodblock print published by Watanabe Shôzaburô.

Rijksmuseum.

Marjane Satrapi, cartoonist and film director, best known for Persepolis

Hashimoto Okiie’s Views of Ancient Castles and Gardens.

Hashimoto Okiie ( 1899- 1993) was a Japanese woodcut artist. After working as a teacher and spare-time artist, he devoted himself completely to the artistic activity and became well known only after the publication of Oliver Statler’s Modern Japanese Prints (1960).

He specialized in prints depicting Japanese castles and gardens, as the 1946 series “Ten Views of Ancient Castles”.

A beautiful coffee cup and saucer, made to look like a water lily and its lily pad. And a visiting butterfly. Crafted from porcelain, it is hand-painted and hand-gilded.