Breaking Waves at Daio Misaki Promontory

"In 1930, he set out for Mie Prefecture where he had been hired as an art teacher. There, he discovered the landscape in this painting. Two years later, he submitted this picture to the thirteenth Tei-ten Exhibition hosted by the Imperial Art Institute. The scene in this painting is not just a mere translation of visual scenery onto the canvas. In this painting, one can see Fujishima’s efforts to “observe nature closely and take it in” in order to attain “the effect of true realism.” He states that he struggled with “withdrawing from questions of what was eastern and what was western” and attempted to “paint in a way that was independent of western sensibilities.” The paint on the canvas is rough from his forceful brushwork, and this roughness reveals the extraordinary energy that went into this piece. This painting has been described as Fujishima’s masterpiece." Google Arts & Culture