Landscape with Fishing Boat

Name: Landscape with Fishing Boat
SKU: 4185
Price: 150.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 192 x 51 cm

Product number: 4185

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Details about the sold piece

Height 192 cm
Width 51 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Taishô (1912–1926)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

A single mountain peak rises from dense mist above a still mountain lake, on whose shore slender trees grow, while a small boat with a single figure crosses the expanse of water. Above the landscape, a short poem is inscribed in fine cursive script, lending the image an additional poetic dimension.

The combination of landscape painting and calligraphy was a popular means in Japanese art of capturing mood and the experience of nature in words. The fine, washed ink tones of the mountains stand in appealing contrast to the clear lines of the trees and the boat.

The image is painted on paper, mounted with wooden rods, and dates from the Taishô period. This atmospheric composition of mountain, water, and poetry makes the Kakemono an impressive example of classical Japanese landscape painting.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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