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Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies

竹巌新霽図

mid-1700s

Ike Taiga 池大雅

(Japanese, 1723–1776)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Measurements
Image: 163.2 x 182.6 cm (64 1/4 x 71 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1958.337
Public Domain
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Location
235A Japanese
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Ike Taiga ranks among the most creative painters of the Edo period: he produced over 1,000 compositions in various formats.

Description

The title written on this screen corresponds to one on a design in Taiga’s Brush Methods (大雅堂画法). The concept conveyed is one of scenery and spirit refreshed by precipitation. In the screen, a rain-filled stream rushes from the mountains into a river. A village is nestled amid giant bamboo in the distance. A platform-like flat rock in the foreground invites us to step into the scene.
A two-panel folding screen in black ink depicts a landscape of bamboo and rocks against tan paper. On the left, dark, pointed bamboo leaves flare out from a stalk anchored to a craggy rock. Broad, light gray washes form a mountain ridge behind the foliage. More bamboo clusters emerge among boulders on the right. Columns of calligraphy and two red seals occupy the upper left, while expressive brushstrokes define the rocky terrain.

Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies

mid-1700s

Ike Taiga

(Japanese, 1723–1776)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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