Valley in Kasagi

Datelate 1920's

Label TextHata Teruo, although only seventeen and recently graduated from art school, was involved early on in an artistic movement whose goal was to introduce Western concepts and expression into Japanese modern painting (Nihonga). Enduring great hardships as he moved from place to place, Teruo devoted his talent to portraying humanity in all its guises, especially the miseries of the working class and the plight of downtrodden women. From 1924 to 1929, the artist lived in a village close to Mount Kasagi, to the south of Kyoto, where he created landscapes and images of local farmers and peasants in a style influenced by Paul Gauguin.

Object number2010.41.51

Photo CreditPhoto: Eduardo Calderon

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum "Journeys in Landscape: Modern Art in Japan", November 26, 2004 - January 30, 2006Published ReferencesMorioka, Michiyo; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 214, illus. 60.

Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions79 1/8 x 15 9/16 in. (201 x 39.5 cm)

MediumInk and colors on silk