Calmness of Spring Light
ca. 1920
Takeuchi Seiho achieved success with Western-influenced innovations in Japanese painting. He trained in Europe and developed the practice of sketching from real life. This painting resulted from his trips to China in 1920 and 1921. When he observed ordinary scenes-houses, people, the simple garments worn everyday-from new perspectives, he was stunned by the harmony of human life in nature.
Ink and color on silk
90 1/2 x 21 5/8 in. (229.9 x 54.9 cm)
Gift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2009.70.8