Temple in the Mountains
Fujimoto Tetsuseki (Tesseki)
Description
Albums were a popular format among literati artists for exchanging paintings among themselves. A single artist might do a series of paintings as an album, but more often the works of several artists would be bound together in a collaborative product. The paintings may have been done as part of a convivial gathering or assembled from works that the collector requested from his friends. These are two leaves from a single album, despite their different size.
Hine Taizan we have already encountered at left. Fujimoto Tesseki was a samurai from Bizen (modern Okayama, in western Japan), who left official service to wander throughout the country. An intent student of native learning as well as Chinese studies, Tesseki became an ardent supporter of the “revere the emperor” movement that rose in rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in battle at the age of thirty-eight.
Maribeth Graybill, for the exhibition "Japanese Visions of China," 9/21/02 - 1/26/03
Subject Matter:
Albums were a popular format among literati artists for exchanging paintings among themselves. A single artist might do a series of paintings as an album, but more often the works of several artists would be bound together in a collaborative product. The paintings may have been done as part of a convivial gathering or assembled from works that the collector requested from his friends. These are two leaves from a single album, despite their different size...Fujimoto Tesseki was a samurai from Bizen (modern Okayama, in western Japan), who left official service to wander throughout the country. An intent student of native learning as well as Chinese studies, Tesseki became an ardent supporter of the “revere the emperor” movement that rose in rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in battle at the age of thirty-eight.
Maribeth Graybill, for the exhibition "Japanese Visions of China," 9/21/02 - 1/26/03
Physical Description:
There are mountains in the background with a temple in front partially hidden behind trees and a road leading to it. The artist uses color, a green coloring for the foliage and brown for the tree trunks. In the top left corner, there is an inscription by the artist and a signature.
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