He studied in Germany under the famous bacteriologist Robert Koch and developed pure culture techniques ... known to the Japanese people and someone to take pride in. Their portraits need to ...
The portrait apparently was executed by Hokusai in his early 40s, based on kanji characters that state it was done in 1803 in the Japanese imperial era. Only a few original portraits drawn by ...
He's also an artist who makes portraits from used wine corks ... and he gets used corks sent in from all over Japan. Sommelier and wine cork artist Kubo Tomonori ...