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 Gallery Guide: Asian Art II

Later Japanese Prints & Paintings

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Taniguchi Kokyo

Japan, 1864-1915
Autumn Song
ink and colors on silk
Museum purchase; Friends of the Art Museum and Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund, 94.26

The painting Autumn Song by Taniguchi K_kyo exemplifies the attempt to revitalize native painting tradition through the adoption of Western painting techniques. He combines the traditional Japanese emphasis on line with an innovative use of light and shadow to create space and dimension.