Mr O ｜ purchased: Toko Okamoto, “Flowers of Plenty” and “Adrift in the Eddy”
At Mr O’s home, after delivery
At Mr O’s home, after delivery
From Shukado
The home of Mr O, who bought Toko Okamoto’s “Flowers of Plenty” and “Adrift in the Eddy”. It looked so well that we asked to photograph it after delivery. Her work has never shown better than here, in any of our exhibitions, and Mr O was delighted too.
Mr G ｜ purchased: an ukiyo-e print

I bought “The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido: Sunrise at Shinagawa”, framed it and hung it in the entrance hall. Every time I come and go I look at it, and it satisfies me. I enjoy the catalogues too, and go back to them again and again.

From Shukado
We are very glad the work is giving you such pleasure. Hearing that is the happiest moment in a gallery’s work. In the catalogues, the section “Here is the point!” gives the stories behind the works, so we hope you will go on enjoying them.
Mr O

I read the Shukado catalogue and newsletter with great interest. The introductions to the artists and their works teach me a great deal.

My own way of enjoying it is to buy several inexpensive works rather than a single expensive one. That seems to suit me.

From Shukado
Shukado publishes the catalogue, the newsletter and the email magazine “Nihon Bijutsu Sōdan”. Thank you for reading them.
Mr I, France ｜ purchased: Undo Okada, “Flowers and Grasses of Spring and Autumn”, a pair of six-panel screens
At Mr I’s country house, after delivery
At Mr I’s country house, after delivery
From Shukado
Mr I, who lives abroad, was looking for screens for his country house, and ordered Undo Okada’s “Flowers and Grasses of Spring and Autumn”. He wrote to us afterwards: “The packing was excellent, and the condition of the screens was better than I had expected. I have put them in the living room and the guest bedroom.” He sent photographs of his beautiful house in France as well. Thank you for your order.
Mr S, Tokyo | purchased: Kokuta Suda, “Artichoke”
Above: Kokuta Suda, “Artichoke”. Below: at Mr S’s home, on an easel.
Above: Kokuta Suda, “Artichoke”. Below: at Mr S’s home, on an easel.

The Kokuta Suda has arrived. Thank you. It is a fine work after all. It has tempo, and a reach that seems to run past the canvas and past the frame as well; the colours are dark, but that darkness is what gathers it into just the right momentum.

Getting up in the morning is a pleasure. There is strength in this painting.

What I look for when I choose a picture is whether I can imagine the background of the person who painted it.