A clump of weeds ひと叢の雑草

FUKUHARA Roso 福原路草

Roso showed this work in the Second Fukuhara Roso Photogaphy Exhibition (Shiseido Gallery, March, 1937). In it, a straight photograph of some perfectly ordinary weeds is condensed the photographer’s transitory interest in his subject. In it we discern the literary side of Roso, who enjoyed composing haiku. In that respect, his work is based more on distinctively Japanese sensibility than Western romanticism, but at the same time is not inconsistent with the time in which he was working, that is, the Modern.

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Title: A clump of weeds
Original title: ひと叢の雑草
Artist Name: FUKUHARA Roso
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Accession number: 10013172
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