The magic of tomorrow

Bird eyeing orange persimmons. By Yasa, 2026, ink and watercolour on rice paper. Once upon a time in Japan, there was a monkey and a crab. One day, the crab found a rice ball but met a sly greedy monkey. The monkey coaxed the crab to trade the rice ball for persimmons tree seeds and took off, thinking it got a good deal. The crab planted the seeds and a beautiful tree grew out of them, bearing bright orange fruit. The monkey, seeing the abundance of persimmons, climbed up the

Bamboo images are part of the "four gentlemen" in traditional Chinese art, together with plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, and orchids.

Chrysanthemums - the flowers of the fall.