Kawamura Kokyo
Garden Scene, 1930s
Two-panel folding screen; ink, mineral colors, and shell powder on silk
Size 60¼ x 61¾ in. (153 x 157 cm)
T-4760
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Kawamura Kokyo here depicts the shady corner of a hillside garden nestled in the lower slopes of the mountains that surround much of his native Shiga Prefecture. The composition is...
Kawamura Kokyo here depicts the shady corner of a hillside garden nestled in the lower slopes of the mountains that surround much of his native Shiga Prefecture. The composition is anchored by a stone basin located toward the bottom of the left-hand panel, used by visitors to wash their hands, perhaps just before entering a private tea room. A range of lush green hues, contrasted with the white blossoms of a woodland flower, suggest the cool moisture of an evening during the midsummer rainy season.
Born in Otsu, about ten miles from Kyoto on the shore of Lake Biwa, Kokyo was apprenticed to Yamamoto Shunkyo (1872–1933), another native of Shiga Prefecture native and famous for his landscape paintings not just of Japan but also of North America. Unlike his teacher, Kokyo did not travel far or take part in the Tokyo national exhibitions but instead remained in the Otsu area, in 1940 forming the Omi Bijutsujinkai, an association of eleven painters in Nihonga (neo-nativist) style.
Born in Otsu, about ten miles from Kyoto on the shore of Lake Biwa, Kokyo was apprenticed to Yamamoto Shunkyo (1872–1933), another native of Shiga Prefecture native and famous for his landscape paintings not just of Japan but also of North America. Unlike his teacher, Kokyo did not travel far or take part in the Tokyo national exhibitions but instead remained in the Otsu area, in 1940 forming the Omi Bijutsujinkai, an association of eleven painters in Nihonga (neo-nativist) style.