Bird Catching Fish Among Reeds by Seitei Pocket Square Notebooks Painted with breathtaking realism

Painted with breathtaking realism

knowing that you're aptly dressed for the occasion

while the woman wears flowers in her hair

Under a blazer it disappears into the tailoring

In a poignant letter penned to his brother Theo on January 23

Bird Catching Fish Among Reeds by Seitei Pocket Square Notebooks Painted with breathtaking realismBird Catching Fish Among Reeds, by Watanabe Seitei, c. 1900 100% Silk Hand Rolled Printed in Macclesfield, England 42cm x 42cm Watanabe Seitei spent a formative period studying in Paris before returning to Japan to refine his kacho ga, the art of birds and flowers, into something altogether more arresting. This watercolour catches a kingfisher at the precise, violent instant of the strike: wings thrown back, beak breaking the surface, reeds rendered