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Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) Japanese Framed Painting Pair, Carp and Bamboo
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Two framed panels by Yamamoto Shunkyo depicting a carp (koi) leaping from a river.
Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Instinctively brushed in a freehand style, Shunkyo convincingly depicts a leaping carp and reeds with a tangible surface texture and volume. Painted entirely in the foreground the work is immediate and contemporary, the glittering gold surface the source of infinite space. It is a subject that Shunkyo painted often in scroll format, on both paper and silk. This is perhaps the first time the subject has been recorded on a gold-leaf ground. The different absorbent qualities of each surface distinctly alter the behaviour of the ink. Here Shunkyo’s succint brush-strokes and washes have formed astonishing variations in tonality, producing a work of art entirely in keeping with his desire to express nature’s spiritual realm through its physical dimension.
Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) studied briefly with Nomura Bunkyo before becoming a student of Mori Kansai in 1885. He emerged as a talented young artist is the 1890s. In 1899 he became a teacher at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, a decade later he was appointed to the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting. After 1900 he emerged as one of the most successful nihonga artists in Kyoto. His private teaching atelier flourished, sharing popularity with Takeuchi Seiho’s atelier. When the Bunten opened in 1907, Shunkyo was appointed a jury member, reinforcing his prominence within the Kyoto painting circle. His early influences were photography and Western style painting (yoga). Shunkyo also valued the observation of nature through sketching (shasei). The traditional brush method played and important role in Shunkyo’s art. He investigated brush techniques associated with Chinese landscape paintings of the Song dynasty.
Dimensions:
Each image - H. 37” x W. 18” (94 cm x 45 cm).
- Dimensions:Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Meiji (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1910
- Condition:Refinished. Professionally restored and remounted in Kyoto.
- Seller Location:Kyoto, JP
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU247236416883
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