Noda Kyūho (1879–1971) 
Fishing in a Mountain Valley 
Japan, c. 1926–1971 
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk 
Gift of Terry Welch in Honor of Steve Paschall, 2021 (2021-03-119)

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Like Ōno Bakufū, whose similar depiction of fishing is on display nearby, Kyūho studied Western-style oil painting, and was also involved with the influential White Horse Society. His training facilitated his becoming an illustrator for one of Japan’s major newspapers, Asahi Shimbun, but by the time this hanging scroll was made Kyūho had shifted his focus to Japanese-style works. 
 
This painting marks a significant departure from traditional brush techniques for landscape painting, and like Bakufū’s fishing scene, it instead utilizes broad fields of color, characteristic of innovative trends that started in the 1910s with such artists as Hirai Baisen (whose painting of a fisherman can be seen later in this exhibition) and culminated in the 1920s.