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Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Rain Clearing
Photo: Eduardo Calderon

Rain Clearing

Dateearly 1930's
Label TextThis scene of egrets amongst willows recalls a well-known painting by Matsumura Goshun (1752-1783), the founder of the Shijô school. Ôkoku achieved great decorative impact through his choice of color, the graceful white curves of the birds preening their feathers and arcing in flight through the sultry green grove of willows refreshed by an afternoon shower. Even based on Ôkoku's extensive drawings from life, the compositional polish of his finished works did not take away from the lifelike aspect of the animals he was popular for painting.
Object number2010.41.60
Photo CreditPhoto: Eduardo Calderon
Published ReferencesMorioka, Michiyo; Berry, Paul. "Modern Masters of Kyoto: The Transformation of Japanese Painting Traditions," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1999, p. 210, illus. 59.
Credit LineGift of Griffith and Patricia Way, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions51 1/8 x 27 3/4 in. (129.9 x 70.5 cm)
MediumInk and light colors on silk
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
ca.1917
Object number: 2010.41.40
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late 1890s
Object number: 2010.41.11
Su's Embankment on a Spring Morning
1867
Object number: 2010.41.18
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
ca. 1937
Object number: 2010.41.64
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
ca. 1916
Object number: 2010.41.66
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
1920s
Object number: 2010.41.45
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
1930s
Object number: 2010.41.69
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
Tsuji Kako
ca. 1915
Object number: 2010.41.36
Photo: Eduardo Calderon
late 1910s
Object number: 2010.41.61