Mrs. Teruko Kuroda
Kuroda spent the summer of 1897 in Hakone with his wife, Teruko. It was during this stay that this painting was executed. His wife recalls the occasion as follows:
"It was when I was 23 years old. I went to watch my husband at work on the lakeside. He told me to sit down on the rock over there, so I did and then he said, 'Good, from tomorrow I shall study that.' There were rainy and foggy days so that it took about a month in all."
The sombre landscape of the Japanese highlands in the summer and the humid atmosphere are exquisitely captured with a pale colour tone and smooth brushstrokes in a snapshot-like composition.
Lakeside
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Mrs. Kuroda
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