Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine

1801

Toda Tadanaka 戸田 忠翰

(Japanese, 1761–1823)
Overall: 197.8 x 68.7 cm (77 7/8 x 27 1/16 in.); Painting only: 135 x 54 cm (53 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Scroll: 197.8 x 74.6 cm (77 7/8 x 29 3/8 in.)
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This pair of hanging scrolls is replete with images symbolizing longevity. Peaches, associated with immortality, hang in abundance from a tree in the left scroll, while pines, known for being eternally green, twist together in the right scroll. Beneath the trees stand two bucks, one of whom gazes at a doe seated on the ground as he licks his coat. Medicine made from deer antlers is said to promote health. Mushrooms, in bright red and green, seen in the left scroll, are said to confer immortality upon those who eat them, and the small waterfall in the right scroll speaks to the infinite flexibility and abundance flowing through life. Toda Tadanaka, the son of the ruler of Noto province and a military leader himself, trained with trained with Mori Ransai (1740-1801), a painter known for colorful bird-and-flower compositions in the style of Shen Nanping. The style is more generally referred to as the Nagasaki style, indicating the port city in which a number of Chinese painters were active in the Edo period (1615-1868).
Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine

1801

Toda Tadanaka

(Japanese, 1761–1823)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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