Woodcutter in the Autumn Mountains
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 187 cm
- Width 34 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
This pair of hanging scrolls from the Shôwa period leads into the quiet, richly colored mountain world of the Japanese autumn: two matching kakemono show one and the same scenery from a slightly shifted perspective, one with blood-red maple foliage, the other with the protagonist himself at the center of the action.
A man with a woven hat and traditional hiking attire climbs through the mountains, carrying ripe red fruit in his arms while cutting his way through the autumnal undergrowth with a hatchet. Delicate wisps of mist between the mountain peaks and the finely washed treetops create a calm, almost reverent mood typical of the landscape painting of this period, drawing the viewer directly into the scenery.
Both sheets are executed on paper, fitted with a jikusaki made of wood, and each bears the artist's signature and red seal at the lower edge of the image. As a connected set, the two hanging scrolls complement one another and can be hung side by side or individually – an atmospheric piece of Japanese genre painting for lovers of rural, narrative motifs.
