Blue-green Landscape, February 1926
Fukuda Kodōjinexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.902
Not on Viewexpand_more
我日服元氣
四體自冲融
飃飃乘獨鶴
浩浩駕長風
一舉凌萬里
飛騰排蒼穹
抗志九天上
游心四海中
嶽嶽景雲起
杳杳朝日紅
萬物生輝光
八極何玲瓏
達人應至變
妙機不可窮
一化神仙骨
逍遙莫始終
One day I shall imbibe the Primal Ether,
And all four limbs will be in harmony.
Floating, floating, I will mount a solitary crane,
And vastly, vastly ride the long wind!
One leap up and I will pierce ten thousand miles,
Soaring on high, reaching the azure vault!
My powerful ambition set on the ninth heaven,
My journeying heart covering all the four seas!
Towering, mountainous, colored clouds will rise,
Scintillating, the morning sun rise red!
All ten thousand creatures will emit a brilliant radiance,
And the eight corners of the universe—how dazzling they will be!
The Achieved Man must engage in perfect transformation,
So wondrous junctures will never be exhausted.
Once metamorphosed into the bones of an immortal,
free and easy wandering without beginning or end!
In 1929, one Yen equaled around 45 U.S. cents, The majority of the hanging scrolls included in the 1929 exhibition Rock Slivers and Lonely Clouds were priced at between 100 and 500 Yen ($45–$225, or about $720–$3,600 today). However, this painting, listed at the hefty price of 2,500 Yen, was by far the most expensive hanging scroll in the sale because of the premium materials used for it. The scroll would have cost $1,125, at that time close to the average annual income of $1,368 in the United States and approximating the price of two new cars. Today, this price roughly equates to $18,000–$19,000
Details
- Title
- Blue-green Landscape
- Artist Life
- 1865 - 1944
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.29.902
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Marks 2023, no. 56
- Curator Approved
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