Thatched Cottage in the Willows
Datemid 1910s
Maker
Tsuji Kako
Japanese, 1870 - 1931
Label TextAlthough no birds animate this painting, the thatched cottage roofs are so expressively figured they almost seem to project a life of their own. Their overlapping triangular forms are positioned uphill of a grove of weeping willows, whose impressionistic rendering recalls Western-style painting more than conventional nihonga techniques. Kako's work typifies the synthesis of the modern with the traditional in Japanese-style painting of the Taisho period (1912-1926).
Object number2010.41.29
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Transforming Traditions: Japanese and Korean Art since 1800", May 23, 2009 - February 21, 2010Published ReferencesMichiyo, Morioka; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 158, illus. 36.Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions84 5/8 x 22 in. (215 x 55.9 cm)
MediumInk and colors on silk
log in
