Waterfall in Mist with Single Bird
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Yasuyama Tachiwaki and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 195 cm
- Width 45 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Bone
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Meiji (1868–1912)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
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Description
From a mist-shrouded height, a narrow waterfall plunges over dark rock into the depths, framed by densely leaved trees growing down the slope. A single bird passes small across the bright sky – a calm, introspective nature scene that immediately draws the eye into the depth of the image and invites lingering contemplation.
The hanging scroll bears the signature and seal of Yasuyama Tachiwaki and is executed in muted tones of green and brown on paper. The soft transitions between mist, foliage, and rock attest to a practiced, painterly hand from the Meiji period, which creates a dense, almost tangible mood with sparing means.
Mounted on a shimmering green silk border with rollers of bone, the kakemono comes in a wooden box. A quiet, nature-bound motif for collectors of classical Japanese landscape painting, which presents itself as especially restrained through its reduced palette.
