Famous painting reproduction hanging scroll "Hana Ayame (Iris)" by Hishida Shunsō

• Mounting Fabric: Rakusai Donsu (decorative polyester textile)
• Main Artwork (Honshi): High-resolution art print on premium paper (Shin-ken-bon type)
• Shaft Ends: Ceramic
• Size: Shaku-gosun — approx. H190 cm × W54.5 cm
• Storage Box: Housed in a paulownia wood box with an outer protective case

• Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911) was a Japanese painter from Nagano who studied under Okakura Tenshin and co-founded the Japan Art Institute with Yokoyama Taikan. He pioneered the mōrōtai style, suppressing outlines and using mist-like shading, bringing innovation to modern Japanese painting. His major works include Fallen Leaves and Black Cat. Though he died at the young age of 36, his approach had a lasting influence on later generations.

• Hishida Shunsō’s Iris is a kachōga depicting irises blooming by the water. Painted in Shunsō’s distinctive mōrōtai style with softened outlines, the purple petals are rendered gently in harmony with a pale background. The work conveys the clear air and refined beauty of early summer, representing Shunsō’s focus on quietness and purity in his flower-and-bird paintings.

High-definition art painting (hand-colored complementary colors)

The work is printed on a Shin-ken-bon (High quality printing paper) using cutting-edge giclee printing techniques adopted by famous art museums around the world to produce replicas, and the final finish is hand-colored with complementary colors to create a realistic look. It is weather-resistant and not easily decomposed by light or ozone in the air, so the color tone is less likely to change over time and the beauty will not change.