Waterfall Between Rocks

Name: Waterfall Between Rocks
SKU: 4373
Price: 110.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 173 x 47 cm

Product number: 4373

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Details about the sold piece

Height 173 cm
Width 47 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

With soft, flowing ink gradations, this piece captures a waterfall squeezing its way through two dark rock formations. Fine blades of grass grow from the rocky outcrops and sway at the edge of the water cascade, while a small, red artist's seal completes the composition at the lower edge of the image.

Unlike more dramatic depictions of this motif, the waterfall shown here appears meditative rather than menacing, almost like a quiet retreat amid the mountains. This restrained pictorial language was especially popular among painters who wished to emphasize not so much the force but rather the soothing effect of flowing water.

The work, painted on paper, dates from the Shôwa period and is fitted with a wooden frame. The fine gradation of gray tones and the clear, airy pictorial composition make this kakemono a calm, unobtrusive piece of wall decor for lovers of traditional Japanese landscape painting.

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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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