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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Reverberations of Taiga

mid- to late 1700s

Aoki Shukuya

(Japanese, d. 1802)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
set of two albums of 36 double-leaves each; ink, or ink and light color on paper
Album, closed: 28.3 x 33 cm (11 1/8 x 13 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1979.73
Location: Not on view

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 Ikeno Taiga, whose style is reflected in these sketches of rocks, trees, and mountains.
  • ?–1979
    (Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1979–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1979.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (March 1980): 58–99. Mentioned: p. 98; Reproduced: p. 88, no. 121 www.jstor.org
    Graham, Patricia J. "Lifestyles of Scholar-Painters in Edo Japan." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 7 (1990): 262–283. Reproduced and Mentioned: pp. 268–269, 282 www.jstor.org
  • Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
    Mountains, Rocks, and Water: Landscape Painting in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-December 13, 1987).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Reverberations of Taiga|url=false|author=Aoki Shukuya|year=mid- to late 1700s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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