Studio: international art (89.1925)

TOKYO

"dawn." wood
sculpture by
matsumura-sotojiro

(Nihon Bijutsuin)

painting, entitled Early Spring. Though
simple in composition, with an uguisu
under wild rose boughs, the painting con-
veyed inexpressible freshness when the life
in nature begins to awake while the cold of
the winter still lingers. a 0 a
That master craftsman Shimomura-
Kwanzan also showed a single panel of a
large size, entitled Silent Yuima (Vimala-
kirti), with a most intricate line and delicate
colourings. Kimura-Buzan, who, together
with the two masters above-mentioned, is
a leader, showed two pairs of six-panelled
golden screens, strewn with cranes in all
possible attitudes. Highly decorative was
the work, artistically balanced in grouping
of the graceful birds. Bold in composition
and treatment was Kawabata-Ryushi's pair
of screens, depicting the famous sand-and-
stone garden of the Ryuanji temple in
Kyoto. Full of action were Maeda-Seison's
Flower Girls, walking along a misty road
in early morning; Tateyama-Nampu's
Lingering Rays, glimmering on waving corn
under which a startled heron is looking up ;
and also Ogawa-Imosen's Evening Wind
that drives the cloud along, rustling the
leaves of the corn through which a festival
procession is passing. Faithfully realistic
was Nakamura-Gakuryo's Eagle, calmly
perching on a rock and gazing up to the
storm-gathering sky; Katayama-Daigetsu's
Spring Light and Winter Sheen, a pair of
panels, one with blossoms and the other

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with dead leaves, both of which were most
minutely depicted; and Satokura-Chiyuki's
Hawks in Flight, each feather faithfully
reproduced. Kondo-Koichiro's set of
ten black-and-white drawings, showing
familiar scenes around Kyoto, was com-
mendable, and though in monochrome,
colour values and gradations were well
suggested. Hayami - Gyosui showed a
praiseworthy series of small paintings
depicting beauty in unlikely places. 0
The sculpture section of the exhibition
contained some worthy examples. Among
them mention should be made of Kita-
Takeshiro's Head of Mr, N, and a torso in
plaster, Hashimoto-Heihachi's Cat in wood,
Fujii-Hirosuke's Hair in bronze, Ishii-
Kakuzo's study of a fountain-head also in
bronze, Matsumura-Sotojiro's Dawn in
wood, and Matsubara-Gakunan's Concord
also in wood. Jiro Harada.

c.oncord." wood
sculpture by
matsubara-gakunan

(Nihon Bijutsuin)