Minneapolis Institute of Art

Quiet Setting of a Mountain Creek

Fukuda Kodōjin

Date

Spring 1940

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

観樹知異心 聴鳥知殊音 日出見山高 月來見水深 風行花自動 天寒魚自沈 靜者無雑念 忘跡理可尋 Contemplating, grasping the mind with thoughts of departure, Alone I seek to know extraordinary music. The sun emerges—one sees the height of the mountains; The moon arrives—one sees the water’s depth. The wind blows—all the birds in motion; The sky turns cold—fish naturally submerge. In serenity, with no wild thoughts, The forgotten path now can be found again. Very few paintings and calligraphies by Kodōjon can be firmly dated to the 1940s; it is clear that Kodōjin was no longer as prolific as he once was. Quiet Setting of a Mountain Creek from the spring of 1940 is the last detailed landscape by him. Japan, Asia

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