KAMISAKA SEKKA (1866-1942) Mount Horai Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century (2)KAMISAKA SEKKA (1866-1942)Mount Horai Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryKakejiku (hanging scroll), ink, mineral colours and gold on silk in silk mounts; signed Sekka hitsu and sealed Sekka; with a plain wood storage box. Overall: 198cm x 55.4cm (78in x 21 7/8in); image: 110.5cm x 41cm (43½in x 16 1/8in). (2).Kamisaka Sekka was both a painter and craftsman who continued the Rinpa School painting tradition into the 20th century. He travelled twice to Europe to study Western-style painting. While his feet were planted firmly in the Rinpa tradition, Sekka was also keenly aware of the artistic movements going on in the West. Like several of his Rinpa predecessors, Sekka was involved in the design and production of textiles, which may account for the bold swaths of colour in stylised form combined with a heightened sense of flatness seen in his work. In this painting, the three peaks of Mount Horai are rendered in classic Rinpa tarashikomi (dripping and pooling) and are delineated by a light ink wash. Mount Horai is one of three legendary mountains where immortals are said to live.For similar examples of the same subject by Sekka, see Kamisakka Sekka: Rimpa Master-Pioneer of Modern Design, exh. cat., Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, 2003, no.122.