Fallen Leaves

...Afterwards, while struggling with the hardships of poverty and deteriorating eyesight, Shunso moved towards reviving line drawing, which he had once rejected, from a new perspective, and after the Japan Art Institute moved to Izura in 1906, he opened up new ground. His works "Wise Neck Bodhisattva," "Falling Leaves," and "Black Cat," which he exhibited at the Bunten Exhibition after 1907, demonstrate his conclusion. However, even when he exhibited "Falling Leaves," a masterpiece that could be called a representative work of modern Japanese painting, it was criticized as un-Japanese painting, and Western painters called him a Western-style painter obsessed with it. ...

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…その後，貧困と視力の悪化という苦況と闘いながら，春草は一度否定した線描を新たな観点から復活する方向へ向かい，06年以後日本美術院が五浦に移転してから，新境地を開拓する。07年以後の文展に発表した《賢首菩薩》《落葉》《黒き猫》はその結論を示すものである。しかし，近代日本画の代表傑作というべき《落葉》を発表したときもこれを非日本画とそしられ，洋画家からは洋画かぶれといわれた。…

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