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Appendix 2: Dictionary of Seals

Felice Fischer, Kyoko Kinoshita

Description: Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

~The seals included here are represented on works in this catalogue.

Author

Felice Fischer, Kyoko Kinoshita

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Copyright© 2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22296

Appendix 2: Dictionary of Seals

The seals included here are represented on works in this catalogue.

TAIGA’S SEALS

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Description: Ikeno Shisei by Ike no Taiga

S1. Ikeno Shisei [1] [painted seal]
1⅛ × 1⅛ inches (2.8 × 2.8 cm)
(cat. 1)

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Description: Shisei by Ike no Taiga

S2. Shisei
1⅛ × 1 3⁄16 inches (2.8 × 3 cm)
(cat. 2)

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Description: Ikeno Shisei by Ike no Taiga

S3. Ikeno Shisei [2]
15⁄16 × 1 inches (2.4 × 2.5 cm)
(cat. 3)

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Description: Fude otosaba fūu odorokasu by Ike no Taiga

S4. Fude otosaba fūu odorokasu
1¾ × ⅝ inches (4.4 × 1.6 cm)
(cat. 3)

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Description: Higashiyama [Tōzan] Ike Mumei-Taisei by Ike no Taiga

S5. Higashiyama [Tōzan] Ike Mumei-Taisei [joined seal]
1 1⁄16 × 7⁄16 inches (2.7 × 1.1 cm)
(cats. 4, 146, 153)

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Description: Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in by Ike no Taiga

S6. Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in [1]
13⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (2.1 × 2 cm)
(cat. 5)

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Description: Kōbin fu by Ike no Taiga

S7. Kōbin fu
⅞ × ⅞ inches (2.3 × 2.3 cm)
(cat. 5)

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Description: Dōdaibōshi hangetsuki by Ike no Taiga

S8. Dōdaibōshi hangetsuki
1 7⁄16 × ⅞ inches (3.6 × 2.3 cm)
(cat. 5)

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Description: Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in by Ike no Taiga

S9. Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in [2]
⅜ × ⅜ inches (0.9 × 0.9 cm)
(cat. 6)

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Description: Ike Tsutomu [Kin] Azana Kōbin by Ike no Taiga

S10. Ike Tsutomu [Kin] Azana Kōbin
⅞ × ⅞ inches (2.2 × 2.3 cm)
(cat. 8)

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Description: Chikkyo by Ike no Taiga

S11. Chikkyo [1]
⅞ × ⅞ inches (2.2 × 2.2 cm)
(cats. 8, 12, 16)

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Description: Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in by Ike no Taiga

S12. Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in [3]
13⁄16 × ¾ inches (2 × 1.9 cm)
(cat. 9)

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Description: Kōbin by Ike no Taiga

S13. Kōbin [1]
13⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (2 × 2 cm)
(cat. 9)

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Description: Ike Mumei in by Ike no Taiga

S14. Ike Mumei in [1]
⅞ × 15⁄16 inches (2.3 × 2.4 cm)
(cats. 10, 30, 32, 36, 38, 52, 55, 58, 61, 65, 67, 74, 83, 84, 88, 130, 141, 143, 152, 156, 157, 186, 194, 201)

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Description: Higashiyama [Tōzan] Issō by Ike no Taiga

S15. Higashiyama [Tōzan] Issō
⅝ × 11⁄16 inches (1.6 × 1.7 cm)
(cats. 10, 32, 152)

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Description: Ike Kōbin shi by Ike no Taiga

S16. Ike Kōbin shi
13⁄16 × ¾ inches (2 × 1.9 cm)
(cats. 11, 13)

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Description: Kyūka Sanshō by Ike no Taiga

S17. Kyūka Sanshō
⅞ × 13⁄16 inches (2.3 × 2 cm)
(cats. 11, 12, 13)

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Description: Chikkyo by Ike no Taiga

S18. Chikkyo [2]
⅞ × 9⁄16 inches (2.3 × 1.5 cm)
(cat. 11)

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Description: Senseki kōkō by Ike no Taiga

S19. Senseki kōkō
⅞ × 15⁄16 inches (2.3 × 2.4 cm)
(cats. 12, 13, 16)

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Description: Kōfū Saigetsu by Ike no Taiga

S20. Kōfū Saigetsu
15⁄16 × 11⁄16 inches (2.4 × 1.7 cm)
(cats. 13, 16)

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Description: Dainanajūsan Fukuhoku Gūkyo by Ike no Taiga

S21. Dainanajūsan Fukuhoku Gūkyo
⅞ × ⅜ inches (2.3 × 1 cm)
(cat. 13)

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Description: Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in by Ike no Taiga

S22. Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in [4]
¾ × 11⁄16 inches (1.9 × 1.8 cm)
(cats. 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23)

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Description: Uryū Ensa by Ike no Taiga

S23. Uryū Ensa
¾ × ¾ inches (1.9 × 1.9 cm)
(cats. 15, 20)

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Description: Kōbin shi by Ike no Taiga

S24. Kōbin shi
13⁄16 × 1 inches (2.1 × 2.5 cm)
(cats. 17, 18)

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Description: Gyokkō Kōanri by Ike no Taiga

S25. Gyokkō Kōanri
1⅛ × 1⅛ inches (2.8 × 2.9 cm)
(cats. 17, 18, 32, 52, 56, 65, 70, 83, 125, 137, 138, 141, 143, 152, 154, 156, 158, 174, 186, 191, 192, 194)

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Description: Datsuten Chikō by Ike no Taiga

S26. Datsuten Chikō
¾ × ¾ inches (1.9 × 1.9 cm)
(cat. 20)

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Description: Itsuka issan tōka issui by Ike no Taiga

S27. Itsuka issan tōka issui
1 × 1 1⁄16 inches (2.6 × 2.7 cm)
(cats. 21, 36, 132, 166)

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Description: Kōbin by Ike no Taiga

S28. Kōbin [2]
11⁄16 × 11⁄16 inches (1.8 × 1.8 cm)
(cats. 22, 23)

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Description: Jōitsu by Ike no Taiga

S29. Jōitsu
9⁄16 × 5⁄16 (1.5 × 0.8 cm)
(cats. 23, 24, 27)

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Description: Taiga no dō by Ike no Taiga

S30. Taiga no dō
½ × ½ inches (1.3 × 1.3 cm)
(cats. 23, 24, 26)

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Description: Rankō suikei no aida wo shōyō su by Ike no Taiga

S31. Rankō suikei no aida wo shōyō su
15⁄16 × 9⁄16 inches (2.4 × 1.5 cm)
(cats. 23, 83)

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Description: Shūhei by Ike no Taiga

S32. Shūhei
½ × ½ inches (1.3 × 1.3 cm)
(cat. 24)

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Description: Tsuchinoe no tatsu [Boshin] ni Mutsu nite asobu by Ike no Taiga

S33. Tsuchinoe no tatsu [Boshin] ni Mutsu nite asobu
1 ¼ × ⅞ inches (3.2 × 2.2 cm)
(cat. 24)

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Description: Sangaku Dōja by Ike no Taiga

S34. Sangaku Dōja [1]
13⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (2 × 2.1 cm)
(cats. 26, 127, 128, 129, 189, 190)

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Description: Raiseikan by Ike no Taiga

S35. Raiseikan
1 5⁄16 × ⅝ inches (3.3 × 1.6 cm)
(cat. 26)

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Description: Mumei no in by Ike no Taiga

S36. Mumei no in
¾ × ¾ inches (1.9 × 1.9 cm)
(cat. 27)

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Description: Kyūkashō by Ike no Taiga

S37. Kyūkashō
¾ × ¾ inches (1.9 × 1.9 cm)
(cat. 27)

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Description: Mumei-Kashō by Ike no Taiga

S38. Mumei-Kashō [joined seal]
1 1⁄16 × ½ inches (2.75 × 1.35 cm)
(cats. 29, 164)

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Description: Mumei-Taisei by Ike no Taiga

S39. Mumei-Taisei [joined seal]
1⅛ × 9⁄16 inches (2.8 × 1.4 cm)
(cats. 31, 46, 68, 123, 137, 139, 140, 158, 163, 203)

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Description: Taisei by Ike no Taiga

S40. Taisei [1]
1 × 1 1⁄16 inches (2.6 × 2.7 cm)
(cats. 36, 166)

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Description: Mumei by Ike no Taiga

S41. Mumei [1]
11⁄16 × 7⁄16 inches (1.7 × 1.1 cm)
(cats. 47, 123, 125, 132)

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Description: Hekigo Suichiku Sanbō by Ike no Taiga

S42. Hekigo Suichiku Sanbō
11⁄16 × 7⁄16 inches (1.8 × 1.1 cm)
(cats. 47, 123, 132)

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Description: Junsei by Ike no Taiga

S43. Junsei
⅞ × 11⁄16 inches (2.35 × 1.7 cm)
(cats. 55, 62, 63, 68, 69, 72, 73, 155, 157, 164, 182, 185, 186, 199, 203, 204, 206, 209)

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Description: Sude ni senri no michi wo yukedomo imada bankan no sho wo yomazu by Ike no Taiga

S44. Sude ni senri no michi wo yukedomo imada bankan no sho wo yomazu
1⅜ × 1 inches (3.5 × 2.6 cm)
(cats. 56, 57, 96, 133, 139, 143, 200)

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Description: Ike by Ike no Taiga

S45. Ike
⅜ × ⅜ inches (0.9 × 0.9 cm) [estimated]
(cat. 59)

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Description: Higashiyama [Tōzan] by Ike no Taiga

S46. Higashiyama [Tōzan]
⅜ × ⅜ inches (0.9 × 0.9 cm) [estimated]
(cat. 59)

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Description: Mumei by Ike no Taiga

S47. Mumei [2]
⅜ × ⅜ inches (0.9 × 0.9 cm)
(cats. 59, 64, 79)

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Description: Mumei by Ike no Taiga

S48. Mumei [3]
1¼ × 1 3⁄16 inches (3.2 × 3 cm)
(cat. 60)

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Description: Izumi ishi wo kakomite fumi shōzu by Ike no Taiga

S49. Izumi ishi wo kakomite fumi shōzu
1 5⁄16 × 1¼ inches (3.4 × 3.1 cm)
(cat. 60)

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Description: Taiga Shujin by Ike no Taiga

S50. Taiga Shujin
⅜ × ⅜ inches (0.9 × 0.9 cm)
(cats. 64, 79)

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Description: Mumei-Kashōja by Ike no Taiga

S51. Mumei-Kashōja [joined seal]
1 5⁄16 × ⅞ inches (3.4 × 2.3 cm)
(cat. 69)

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Description: Ike Mumei in by Ike no Taiga

S52. Ike Mumei in [2]
1¼ × 1 5⁄16 inches (3.2 × 3.3 cm)
(cats. 71, 72, 73, 81, 92, 96, 135, 136, 154, 155, 163, 164, 165, 188, 200)

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Description: Kyūka Sanjin by Ike no Taiga

S53. Kyūka Sanjin
1¼ × 1 5⁄16 inches (3.2 × 3.4 cm)
(cats. 71, 72, 73, 96, 143, 154, 155, 163, 164, 165, 188)

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Description: Sangaku Isshi by Ike no Taiga

S54. Sangaku Isshi
1 1⁄16 × 1 inches (2.7 × 2.6 cm)
(cat. 74)

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Description: Ike Mumei Taisei in by Ike no Taiga

S55. Ike Mumei Taisei in
13⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (2 × 2 cm)

(cats. 80, 131, 159, 165, 182, 185, 191, 199)

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Description: Kyūka Shōja by Ike no Taiga

S56. Kyūka Shōja
11⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (1.8 × 2 cm)
(cats. 80, 131, 134, 159, 165, 182, 185, 191, 196, 199)

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Description: Mumei by Ike no Taiga

S57. Mumei [4]
11⁄16 × 11⁄16 inches (1.8 × 1.7 cm)
(cats. 85, 138)

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Description: Shin'nei Ike shi by Ike no Taiga

S58. Shin’nei Ike shi
11⁄16 × 11⁄16 inches (1.8 × 1.8 cm)

(cats. 85, 138)

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Description: Rankō suikei by Ike no Taiga

S59. Rankō suikei
1½ × ⅞ inches (3.8 × 2.2 cm)
(cat. 123)

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Description: Sakin usho by Ike no Taiga

S60. Sakin usho
9⁄16 × ⅜ inches (1.5 × 0.9 cm)
(cat. 123)

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Description: Chikkyo by Ike no Taiga

S61. Chikkyo [3]
⅞ × 9⁄16 inches (2.3 × 1.4 cm)

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Description: Hantan shūsui Ichibōsan by Ike no Taiga

S62. Hantan shūsui Ichibōsan
1 × 1 3⁄16 inches (2.6 × 3 cm)
(cat. 123)

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Description: Enkaro by Ike no Taiga

S63. Enkaro

11⁄16 × 5⁄16 inches (1.7 × 0.8 cm)
(cat. 123)

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Description: Taisei shi by Ike no Taiga

S64. Taisei shi
13⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (2 × 2.1 cm)
(cats. 126, 189)

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Description: Enka Shōsho by Ike no Taiga

S65. Enka Shōsho
1⅛ × ⅞ inches (2.8 × 2.2 cm)
(cat. 140)

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Description: Taiga by Ike no Taiga

S66. Taiga
9⁄16 × 11⁄16 inches (2.4 × 1.8 cm)

(cats. 143, 156, 163, 194)

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Description: Ike Mumei in by Ike no Taiga

S67. Ike Mumei in [3]
⅝ × 11⁄16 inches (1.6 × 1.7 cm)
(cat. 152, 167)

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Description: Ippen Hyōshin by Ike no Taiga

S68. Ippen Hyōshin
1 × ½ inches (2.6 × 1.2 cm)
(cat. 152)

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Description: Kaikai kiki fusen ichinō by Ike no Taiga

S69. Kaikai kiki fusen ichinō
1⅛ × 9⁄16 inches (2.9 × 1.5 cm)
(cats. 152, 154, 166)

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Description: Sekisen by Ike no Taiga

S70. Sekisen
1 1⁄16 × 9⁄16 inches (2.7 × 1.5 cm)
(cats. 154, 155)

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Description: Ike Mumei in by Ike no Taiga

S71. Ike Mumei in [4]
¾ × 13⁄16 inches (1.9 × 2 cm)
(cats. 7, 39, 50, 56, 57, 63, 70, 86, 87, 117, 188, 133, 169, 170, 174, 193, 195, 197, 200, 202, 207, 208)

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Description: Ike Mumei in by Ike no Taiga

S72. Ike Mumei in [5]
½ × ½ inches (1.2 × 1.2 cm)
(cat. 192)

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Description: Taisei by Ike no Taiga

S73. Taisei [2]
7⁄16 × ½ inches (1.1 × 1.2 cm)
(cats. 152, 192)

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Description: Sangaku Dōja by Ike no Taiga

S74. Sangaku Dōja [2]
¾ × 13⁄16 inches (1.9 × 2 cm)
(cats. 7, 39, 50, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 67, 70, 84, 118, 130, 133, 135, 157, 167, 169, 174, 193, 195, 197, 200, 202, 207, 208, 209)

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Description: Zenshin Sōma Hō Kyūkō by Ike no Taiga

S75. Zenshin Sōma Hō Kyūkō
1⅛ × 11⁄16 inches (2.8 × 1.8 cm)
(cats. 7, 25, 37, 38, 39, 42, 48, 55, 56, 57, 66, 67, 75, 81, 92, 93, 97, 116, 118, 130, 131, 133, 135, 139, 141, 143, 155, 157, 159, 165, 167, 168, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 188, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209)

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Description: Kashō by Ike no Taiga

S76. Kashō
1⅛ × 11⁄16 inches (2.8 × 1.7 cm)
(cats. 25, 30, 37, 38, 42, 48, 49, 55, 56, 57, 62, 66, 75, 87, 88, 92, 93, 97, 98, 116, 143, 156, 157, 159, 165, 168, 170, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 198, 201, 205, 206)

GYOKURAN’S SEALS

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS1. Gyokuran [1]
Height ⅞ inches (2.2 cm)
(cats. 28, 35, 36, 41, 51, 53, 105, 107, 108, 121, 122, 142, 149, 150, 151, 160, 171)

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS2. Gyokuran [2]
Height ⅜ × 7⁄16 (1 × 1.15 cm)
(cats. 54, 110, 119, 147)

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS3. Gyokuran [3]
Height 11⁄16 inches (1.8 cm)
(cats. 44, 104, 106, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 147, 161, 162, 172)

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS4. Gyokuran [4]
Height 11⁄16 inches (1.85 cm)
(cats. 40, 43, 98, 103, 124, 173, 175, 176)

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS5. Gyokuran [5]
11⁄16 × 13⁄16 inches (1.8 × 2 cm)
(cat. 33)

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Description: Gyokuran by Ike no Gyokuran

GS6. Gyokuran [6]
⅞ × ⅞ inches (2.2 × 2.2 cm)
(cat. 45)

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Description: Gion Fūryū by Ike no Gyokuran

GS7. Gion Fūryū
Height ⅞ inches (1.6 cm)
(cats. 36, 41, 44, 51, 53, 105, 107, 108, 121, 122, 142, 149, 150, 151, 160, 171)

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Description: Shōfū by Ike no Gyokuran

GS8. Shōfū [1]
Height ⅝ inches (2.2 cm)
(cats. 104, 106, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120, 147, 161, 162, 172)

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Description: Shōfū by Ike no Gyokuran

GS9. Shōfū [2]
Height 13⁄16 inches (2.1 cm)
(cats. 40, 43, 98, 103, 124, 173, 175, 176)

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Description: Shōfū by Ike no Gyokuran

GS10. Shōfū [3]
Height 13⁄16 inches (2.1 cm)
(cat. 33)

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Description: Kattankyo by Ike no Gyokuran

GS11. Kattankyo
Height 13⁄16 inches (2.1 cm)
(fig. 24 above)

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Description: Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

BOOKIke Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

Felice Fischer, Kyoko Kinoshita

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00302

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22282

Ike Taiga (1723–1776) and his wife Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727–1784) were preeminent artists in eighteenth-century Japan. This landmark book—the only comprehensive survey available in English—focuses on the lives and times of these artists and accompanied the first-ever exhibition devoted to their work in the United States.

Considered by contemporaries to be an eccentric marvel, indifferent to worldly preoccupations, Taiga is best known as an exponent of the so-called Nanga school of Chinese literati painting. He was hugely prolific and experimental, working in an impressive range of styles, techniques, compositions, and subjects to produce over 1,000 calligraphies and paintings, and many large-scale fusuma (sliding doors) and screens. While not as well known as her husband, Gyokuran was a significant artist and a well-regarded poet of Japanese verse. Taiga wrote poetry in Chinese, and translated poems by both artists are featured prominently in this volume.

Author

Felice Fischer, Kyoko Kinoshita

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Print publication date May 2007 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780300122183

EISBN 9780300263169

Copyright© 2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art

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