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Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Moon and Stars
Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Moon and Stars

Datelate 1920s
Label TextThis painting is a testimony to Keisen's daring imagination and penchant for the unusual. Reminiscent of the effect of the moon lighting up a cloud-raked starry sky, the artist made a bold two-dimensional pattern by playing diagonal swathes of gold and blue against the off-white of the silk. The synthesis of a scientific interest in astronomy with traditional painting techniques, this startling skyscape is unique in Japanese painting.
Object number2010.41.41
Photo CreditPhoto: Eduardo Calderon
Published ReferencesMichiyo, Morioka; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 182, illus. 49.
Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions85 9/16 x 20 7/8 in. (217.3 x 53 cm)
MediumInk, dull gold and colors on silk
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
1928
Object number: 2010.41.38
White Heron Castle
Tsuji Kako
ca. 1919
Object number: 2010.41.27
Nakakuni Delivering an Imperial Request
Tsuji Kako
ca. 1901
Object number: 2010.41.28
Moon Over Lake
ca. 1898
Object number: 2010.41.6
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
late 1920s
Object number: 2010.41.39
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
late 1920's
Object number: 2010.41.73
Sanjo Bridge and Daigokuden
1896
Object number: 2010.41.8
Tsuji Kako
late 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2010.41.96
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
1942
Object number: 2010.41.62
Landscapes of the Four Seasons
late 1890s
Object number: 2010.41.11
ca.1890
Object number: 2010.41.9.2