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Shikō Munakata: A Way of Seeing - Hara: A Line at the Foot of Mt. Fuji
(Suso Ichimonji)
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Japan Society Curator Tiffany Lambert discusses Shikō Munakata's Tōkaidō Series, highlighted by a stop at Hara (Mt. Fuji). Evidence of Japan's rapid modernization can be seen in the streak of white at the foot of the mountain, commemorating the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, completed in 1964 coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics.
April 28, 1963
“Half of Mt. Fuji was vaguely seen. I made a couple of drawings of Mt. Fuji. We were late getting to Hara. I drew a couple of sketches of Mt. Fuji over the grass field and a stream in both portrait and landscape orientations. The old Tōkaidō and the town of Hara were beautiful.”
January 20, 1964
“I made some corrections to my previous Mt. Fuji drawing from Hara, and
then we had lunch. The driver showed us the motel close to Numazu and parked. I drew Hara Fuji from a room. We met Mr. Sugiura of Tōyō Densan Corporation in his factory and I asked his recommendation for today’s accommodation. He drove us to Hakkeien in Nagaoka, Izu, and we stayed there. We had a view of Mt. Fuji and the accompanying hills. The sunset was pink.”
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Shikō Munakata: A Way of Seeing - Hara: A Line at the Foot of Mt. Fuji
(Suso Ichimonji)
japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/exhibitions/shiko-munakata-way-of-seeing
Japan Society Curator Tiffany Lambert discusses Shikō Munakata's Tōkaidō Series, highlighted by a stop at Hara (Mt. Fuji). Evidence of Japan's rapid modernization can be seen in the streak of white at the foot of the mountain, commemorating the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, completed in 1964 coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics.
April 28, 1963
“Half of Mt. Fuji was vaguely seen. I made a couple of drawings of Mt. Fuji. We were late getting to Hara. I drew a couple of sketches of Mt. Fuji over the grass field and a stream in both portrait and landscape orientations. The old Tōkaidō and the town of Hara were beautiful.”
January 20, 1964
“I made some corrections to my previous Mt. Fuji drawing from Hara, and
then we had lunch. The driver showed us the motel close to Numazu and parked. I drew Hara Fuji from a room. We met Mr. Sugiura of Tōyō Densan Corporation in his factory and I asked his recommendation for today’s accommodation. He drove us to Hakkeien in Nagaoka, Izu, and we stayed there. We had a view of Mt. Fuji and the accompanying hills. The sunset was pink.”
#SeeingMunakata
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