two vertical cliffs along L and R edges; red sun at upper center; lines of wispy clouds across cliffs; gnarled tree at lower center; small, robed human figure carrying staff stands with back to viewer

Pine Tree and Rising Sun between Cliffs, Ca. 1931–1933

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昔賢能守節 

千古感吾情 
昨日入山去 
未首薇蕨生
The sages of the past were able to hold to virtue,
Moving me from thousands of years in the past!
Yesterday I went into the mountains
But could not find any ferns growing there.

Details
Title
Pine Tree and Rising Sun between Cliffs
Artist Life
1865 - 1944
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.29.1254
Catalogue Raisonne
Marks 2023, no. 73
Curator Approved

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two vertical cliffs along L and R edges; red sun at upper center; lines of wispy clouds across cliffs; gnarled tree at lower center; small, robed human figure carrying staff stands with back to viewer