International studio . by Matsuoka-Eikyu was another work of a similar in by a fence, four girls are idling awaytheir time. Delicate flowers in the gardendrenched in the spring rain, drawn with wonder-ful realism in silver lines, suggest the life andfate of the girls, who live in seclusion to wait on occasional noble visitors. So in Preparing theElixir (a pair of two-panelled screens), byHashimoto-Kwansetsu, the spirit of youthradiates from the face of an aged man watch-ing a boy grinding the ingredients of , in Pure Beauty, by Terasaki-Kogyo, thebeauty of nature in summer
International studio . by Matsuoka-Eikyu was another work of a similar in by a fence, four girls are idling awaytheir time. Delicate flowers in the gardendrenched in the spring rain, drawn with wonder-ful realism in silver lines, suggest the life andfate of the girls, who live in seclusion to wait on occasional noble visitors. So in Preparing theElixir (a pair of two-panelled screens), byHashimoto-Kwansetsu, the spirit of youthradiates from the face of an aged man watch-ing a boy grinding the ingredients of , in Pure Beauty, by Terasaki-Kogyo, thebeauty of nature in summer is incarnated in apure innocent girl who stands in the full enjoy-ment of the balmy air and the freshness of thefoliage about her. The tendency towards the expression of mood,rather than a mere display of skill in decorativetreatment, has naturally made some of ourartists philosophicallv inclined. There were agreater number of pictures than before, whichconstrained one to ponder over them, suggesting 163 Sf/n/io-Ta/k. EIGHT SEA-SHORE SCENES BY KAWAKITA-KAHO n phases of lifes problem. No painting onexhibition appealed to me more profoundly thanKawai-Gyokudos Departing Spring. The artisthas painted cherry blossoms being scattered fromthe branches by the wind, some petals tailing onthe stream below to be whirled away on theireternal journey -The flower that has onceblown forever dies. In the endless routine oflife revolve the wheels oi the floating millssecured by ropes over a current swiftly flowingthrough a gorge. a phase oi thi-- fleetingand transient life is vividly portrayed. I me flows on even as the water in thestream so the seasons pass and years roll by. I turn now to another phase of this The work ot contemporary artists, on the whole,rown very decorative—decorative in twoways on the one hand, quiet tones andgraceful lines, and, on the other, glaring coloursand bold 1 omposition. As the best example ofthe former, .1 Flowery Meadow (a pair of scree
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