1922
147.0 x 31.0 cm
Fukuda Kodōjin is a contemporary Japanese artist renowned for his innovative and expressive Sumi-e ink paintings, often depicting dynamic landscapes and powerful animal subjects; explore the captivating world of Kodōjin's unique artistic vision at Most-Famous-Paintings.
In this highly original and provocative landscape in ink,a literati gentleman sits alone at the lower left, admiring the vastness of the natural world. Fukuda Kodōjin was a versatile artist whose talents extended beyond painting and calligraphy to poetry. He composed both Japanese and Chinese verse, including the poem inscribed at the upper right of the present work: I am old now. Nothing pleases me; nothing worries me, either. Even though I am not dead yet, I already rest from the world. Gathering healing herbs and drinking water, I yearn for Daoist cultivation. Looking down and above, and reciting, I wish to leave but I stay. Rivers flowing and mountains towering, The sun and moon hang above my head. In the vast universe,I travel alone at ease with nature.—transl. Masako Watanabe