Dreams into Drawing

Synopsis

The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching out a carp, just at that moment he slept and he became a carp in dream. A carp was enjoy to swimming, but a fisherman caught that carp... (Source: Yamamura Animation)

Background

Based on Kuwagata Keisai's 'Ways to Sketch' and Ueda Akinari's ‘Muo no Rigyo’, Tales of Moon and Rain. Keisai himself appears in the animation.

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