Quiet Setting of a Mountain Creek

観樹知異心　 聴鳥知殊音　 日出見山高　 月來見水深　 風行花自動　 天寒魚自沈　 靜者無雑念　 忘跡理可尋 Contemplating, grasping the mind with thoughts of departure, Alone I seek to know extraordinary music. The sun emerges—one sees the height of the mountains; The moon arrives—one sees the water’s depth. The wind blows—all the birds in motion; The sky turns cold—fish naturally submerge. In serenity, with no wild thoughts, The forgotten path now can be found again. Very few paintings and calligraphies by Kodōjon can be firmly dated to the 1940s; it is clear that Kodōjin was no longer as prolific as he once was. Quiet Setting of a Mountain Creek from the spring of 1940 is the last detailed landscape by him.