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Verdant Uji

Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Verdant Uji

late 1920's - early 1930's

Kondo Koichiro

Japanese, 1884 - 1962

Kodôjin's paintings continued the literati appreciation of landscape as the appropriate allusion for the ideal life. Here massive cliffs frame the view of a small village and a towering distant peak; in the foreground a scholar sweeps the path before a simple hut. The scholar is separated from village life by a barrier of trees, and the remote location and intervening distance are emphasized by a band of clouds.

Much like this scholar-hermit set apart from village life, Kodôjin adamantly maintained his independence from the art establishment that had developed during the Taishô period (1912-1926).
Ink on paper
82 11/16 x 15 5/8 in. (210 x 39.7cm)
Gift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2010.41.59
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesMorioka, Michiyo; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 260, illus. 73.

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