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Boy among Withered Leaves

Chihiro Iwasaki1969 - 1969

Chihiro Art Museum

Chihiro Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan

Against a brown background a boy in white appears, standing amid falling red and yellow leaves. Chihiro, while at the mountain cottage she had built in the Kurohime Highlands, which also served as her atelier, said that she saw “the end of autumn.” A sudden gust of wind sent a blanket of leaves into the air, which made the room unbelievably bright, creating a brief storm of color that Chihiro found deeply moving. The viewer cannot help but wonder if the boy in this illustration is also witnessing the end of autumn. The technique used to represent the boy is called shiro-nuki, or white-out, where the whiteness of the paper remains and the surrounding areas are given color, creating the impression that the boy, along with the falling leaves, are bathed in light.

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  • Title: Boy among Withered Leaves
  • Creator: Chihiro Iwasaki
  • Creator Lifespan: 1918 - 1974
  • Creator Nationality: Japanese
  • Creator Gender: Female
  • Creator Death Place: Tokyo
  • Creator Birth Place: Takefu
  • Date: 1969 - 1969
  • 画家名 (日本語): いわさきちひろ
  • 作品説明 (Japanese): 茶色いにじみの背景と赤や黄色の枯れ葉が舞うなかに、白く浮かび上がる少年が佇んでいます。ちひろは、アトリエを兼ねて建てた黒姫高原の山荘で、「秋の終わり」を見たといいます。突然吹いた風で辺り一面の木の葉が舞い上がり、信じられないほど部屋が明るくなったその一瞬の色の嵐に、ちひろは心が震えるような感動を覚えたそうです。この少年もまた、そんな秋の終わりを見つめているのでしょうか。紙の地色を残し、周りに色を置くことで形を表す“白抜き”と呼ばれる技法を用いて描かれた少年は、枯れ葉とともに光に包まれているようです。
  • 作品名 (日本語): 「枯れ葉のなかの少年」
  • creator: Japan
  • Physical Dimensions: w340 x h484 mm (complete)
  • Type: painting
  • Rights: Copyright © 2013 Chihiro Iwasaki Memorial Foundation. All rights reserved.
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