Minneapolis Institute of Art

Blue-green Landscape

Fukuda Kodōjin

Date

April 1928

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

191 一日不讀書 三月減其樂 何如富貴人 束之委高閣 吾抱躬行志 至老猶力作 偶為識字農 賦性奈劣弱 聊云樂天命 守分伍燕雀 營巢茅屋足 豈羡乘軒鶴 If I do not read books for a single day, For three months my pleasure is reduced. How about those wealthy, high-placed folks who pack them away in high towers? I embrace the ambition of “carrying it out in my conduct, ” Until old age, still working hard at it! I happen to have become a literate peasant: Alas, that my nature is so weak! For now, I will just enjoy Heaven’s Mandate, Accepting my lot like the swallows or sparrows. They are content building nests in thatched roofs; Would they envy that crane who rode in a carriage? Japan, Asia

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