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Reverberations of Taiga

大雅餘韻

mid-1700s–1802

Aoki Shukuya 青木夙夜

(Japanese, d. 1802)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
set of two albums of 36 double-leaves each; ink, or ink and light color on paper
Measurements
Album, closed: 28.3 x 33 cm (11 1/8 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1979.73
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Aoki Shukuya was a top student of painter Ike Taiga (1723–1776) and took responsibility for Taiga’s stylistic legacy.

Description

Traditionally, young painters in Japan began their studies with an established master painter. The master's compositions invariably became models that the apprentice copied to learn various ink and brush techniques. Shukuya was a pupil of the famous Kyoto artist Ike Taiga, whose style is reflected in these sketches of rocks, trees, and mountains.
Two vertically oriented covers of dark gray, textured fabric are bound with white thread. On the upper left section of each cover, a long rectangular paper label features vertical black calligraphy brushed in fluid strokes. The left label is pale blue; the right is warm tan. The composition creates a stark verticality, contrasting the smooth, calligraphic paper inserts with the coarse, horizontal weave of the dark gray fabric background.

Reverberations of Taiga

mid-1700s–1802

Aoki Shukuya

(Japanese, d. 1802)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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