Morimoto Tokaku

the work

Butterfly Drawings (Churui Gafu)

"Butterfly Paintings" is a collection of beautiful woodblock prints of butterflies by Japanese artist Morimoto Tokaku (year of birth and death unknown). From this original 1910 edition, we have digitally enhanced vintage prints of delicate flowers, plants, and insects.

Morimoto Tokaku Biography

• Date of birth and death unknown
• A Japanese artist who was active from the Meiji to Taisho periods.
• He specializes in painting flowers and birds.
• His representative works include "Butterfly Paintings"

Representative works

• "Churui Gafu" (1910)

Characteristics and influences of Tokaku’s works

Tokaku's works are characterized by their use of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking techniques to express the delicate beauty of nature. In particular, in his "Butterfly Paintings," he depicts butterflies, plants, and insects with precise lines and soft colors, fully expressing their vitality and beauty.

These woodblock prints are the product of a deep love for Japanese nature, keen observational skills, and outstanding technique, and they move viewers in a quiet way.

Tokaku is an artist who has inherited the tradition of Japanese flower and bird painting while expressing the beauty of nature with his own unique sensibility. His works are still recognized as having high artistic value today, and are loved by museums and collectors both in Japan and abroad.