Solitary Hut in Autumn Mountains
Kosugi Misei (Hōan), Solitary Hut in Autumn Mountains, 1918, hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, public domain, 2018.76.19
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- Title
Solitary Hut in Autumn Mountains
- Related Titles
original language: 秋山孤屋図
transliterated: Shūzan ko'oku zu
- Artist
- Date
1918
- Period
Japan: Taishō period (1912-1926)
- Medium
hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
painting: 23 3/16 in x 32 in; mounting: 79 1/8 in x 46 3/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
artist's seal: 小杉氏; 未醒画印, stamped in red ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Kosugi shi; Misei ga in (Master Kosugi; picture by Misei [seal]) Language: Japanese
signature: 大正七秋作秋山孤屋図未醒, ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Taishō nana, aki saku, Shūzan ko'oku zu, Misei (Taishō 7 [1918], autumn, Solitary Hut in Autumn Mountain; made [by] Misei) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
hanging scroll
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
- Accession Number
2018.76.19
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
From Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art: Selections from the Collection of Mary and Cheney Cowles
While pursuing a career as an oil painter, the young Kosugi Hōan made a living as a cartoonist and illustrator for newspapers and magazines, including a stint as an artist-reporter during the Russo-Japanese War. Later, he turned away from Western models toward his own distinctive interpretation of Nihonga. This work is from the transitional period in his career: it is signed with his early art name, Misei, but shows an artist immersed in literati brushwork and the theme of reclusion. Dry, short strokes define a fantastical rock formation. Below, a solitary fellow gazes out from a rustic cottage, recalling the humorous figures of earlier literati masters Ike Taiga and Yosa Buson.
- Exhibitions
2018 Poetic Imagination in Japanese Art: Selections from the Collection of Mary and Cheney Cowles Portland Art Museum
