Mori Sosen

Geboren: 1747

Dood: 1821

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Mori Sosen (森 狙仙, 1747 – August 18, 1821 ) was a Japanese painter of the Shijō school during the Edo period. Mori Sosen is famous for his many paintings depicting monkeys. He also painted other animals, such as deer, boars, and peafowl. Robert van Gulik called him "an undisputed master" of the painting of the Japanese macaque. When a gibbon was bro...