Collection

Road Cut through a Hill

KISHIDA, Ryusei

1915

Information

Title
Road Cut through a Hill
Artist
KISHIDA, Ryusei View artist Information
Year
1915
Collection
Transferred from ACA
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
56.0×53.0

National Important Cultural Properties

Commentary

Depicting a scene near Yoyogi where Kishida lived at the time, the painter tried to come close to nature again with an eye that had gone through influence of classical Western paintings. According the artist himself, it was a time when he began to escape from “influence of classical” Western paintings, and “the desire to directly face the mass of nature itself” returned. Closely composed and showing a unique spatial grasp that overwhelms the viewer, this is a highly prominent piece among paintings of the Taisho period (1912-26).

(Designated an Important Cultural Property on June 22, 1971)

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