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Autumn Retreat amidst Mountains and Valleys

Fujimoto Tetsuseki (Tesseki)

Artwork Details

Autumn Retreat amidst Mountains and Valleys
1862
Fujimoto Tetsuseki (Tesseki)
hanging scroll, ink on satin
62 5/16 x 20 5/16 in. (158.4 x 51.6 cm); ; ; ; ;
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1968/2.20

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Subject Matter:

Tesseki was noted as painter, calligrapher and swordsman, and in fact he lost his life in an abortive uprising against the Shogunate just a few years before it finally fell in the Meiji restoration...The works of Tesseki are noted above all for boldness: boldness of design and of brushwork, as well as for his free and sinuous calligraphy.

Addiss, Stephen. Nanga Paintings. Sawers, 1975.

Physical Description:

There is a mountain in the background with a waterfall pouring out of it and flowing into a river. On the opposite shore of the mountains, there are rocks and trees. There is an inscription and seal in the top left corner of the hanging scroll. The hanging scroll is bordered with blue.

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