Scroll II: Made in Japan

[kakejiku]

This is a painting of a (杜鵑 とけん Token) Cuckoo
So my last questions on the season of the painting were ignored....So this time I will give the season. In Japan, the Cuckoo is a bird used to signify summer season...So was this framed with that perspective in mind? If so, what trees can be used to display with the painting?

 

[dick benbow]

since diciduous would best designate season by leaf color, I would be thinking along those lines.
Common japanese maple might be a good one.

 

[kakejiku]

since diciduous would best designate season by leaf color, I would be thinking along those lines.
Common japanese maple might be a good one.

Ok...I think we are missing the boat, because we would want to display slightly ahead in anticipation of the season....not after it has passed....try again...If it is for summer what is the anticipation?

 

[dick benbow]

I understand the point your trying to make, about looking to advance the season.

for example, if the maple was used and complimented with a companion that was bearing fruit, it would indicate late summer. Crabapple might be a good example with it's bright fruit.

The same way we could use an evergreen in late winter that had something budding in advance of flowering, complimenting along with it. Indicating the transistion. It's subtle but maybe more reasonable then going from snow drifts transistioning to full flower.

I know your effort is to teach maples-san, and many are able to learn by following your threads including myself. But I also am discovering to refine the art one needs to look inbetween the four seasons and be prepared to indicate something that could mark the distinction between passages with something more subtle

Would you agree?