Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

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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.

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PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Print publication date May 2007 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780300122183

EISBN 9780300263169

Illustrations 482

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List of illustrations

Mampuku-ji temple, main gate
Takaidō, Taiga's Fan Shop
Mount Tiantai
Willows at Weicheng
Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran
Journey to the Three Peaks
Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
Elegant Gathering at a Mountain Pavilion, detail
Bamboo and Rocks after Spring Rain
Ike Taiga's handprint
Taiga and Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Matsuya Teahouse in Gion Shrine, detail
Orchids in a Bamboo Basket
Ike Taiga's House
Poem on tanzaku
Flower and Birds
Distant View from a Riverside Pavilion
Illustration from Taigadō Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō)
Summer Landscape (Setting a Date for a Journey to the Roads of Shu)
Returning to the Hermitage in the Plum Blossoms
Landscape
Summer Landscape
Gyokuran's seals
Red Cliff
Exemplary Emperors
Passing through a Valley of Willow Trees, detail
Passing through a Valley of Willow Trees
Fall, detail
Fan Kuan's Manner of Combining Various Kinds of Trees
The Gathering at Dragon Peak, detail of hemp-fiber strokes
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, detail of axe-cut strokes
Solitary Wanderer at Longmen
Katabokashi, detail of Autumnal Tints on the Riverbank
The Gathering at Dragon Peak, detail
True View of Kojima Bay, detail
Lake Dongting and Red Cliff
Title page from the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan huazhuan)
Landscape from the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual (Jiezi yuan huazhuan)
After Slumbers under Pine Tree
After Slumbers under Pine Tree
Page from the Albums of Landscapes (I. Fukyū Ike Taiga sansui gafu)
Page from the Albums of Landscapes (I. Fukyū Ike Taiga sansui gafu)
Four Seasons in Twelve Landscapes
Thousand Character Classic, detail
Taigadō's Calligraphy Book of Tang Poetry (Suiryūjō), detail
Landscape
Plum Blossoms
Stories of Extraordinary Haiku Poets (Zoku haika kijin dan), illustration
Bamboo Grove Pavilion, detail
Moonlight Bamboo, detail
Bamboo in Snowstorm, detail
Bamboo and Calligraphy, detail of third–fifth panels from right
Bamboo and Calligraphy, detail
Bamboo and Calligraphy, detail of third hanging scroll (center)
Ink Bamboo
God of Medicine and Wine (Sukana Hikona no Mikoto)
Sermon Preached by Daitō Kokushi
Poems with Printed Ground Decoration
An Account of the Garden for Solitary Pleasure
The Thousand Character Classic, detail
Song of the Eight Great Drinkers, left panel
Gentleman on a Rocky Ledge
Calligraphic couplet
Gentleman Looking at a Waterfall
Ten Poems on a Trip to Mount Kurama
Zhu Tong
Dog on Back, Pursuing the Original Way
Two Poems from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Poems (Kokin wakashū)
A Hundred Surnames in Four Calligraphy Styles
The Second Excursion to Red Cliff
Waterfall at Mount Minō
Calling for a Boat from a Willow Embankment
Fishing Under a Willow Tree
Dragon Rising from Wind and Rain
Landscape
Finger Painting of a Landscape
Passing through a Valley of Willow Trees
Fishing in a Deep Mountain Ravine
Portrait of Lu Dongbin
Five Hundred Arhats
The Picture of Superior Fruit and Wonderful Voice, detail
Su Shi Walking in the Snow
Kanzan and Jittoku
Goblins Playing Music
Five Sages
Chinese Musicians
Orchids with Calligraphy
Orchids and Rocks
Landscape
Two Excursions to Red Cliff
Two Excursions to Red Cliff
Wondrous Scenery of Mutsu
Wondrous Scenery of Mutsu
Wondrous Scenery of Mutsu
Scholars Conversing in the Mountains
Essay on Fulfilling One's Desire
Essay on Fulfilling One's Desire
Sage Visiting a Hermit
Sage Visiting a Hermit
Thatched Cottage in the Eastern Mountains
Enjoying the Moon in a Riverside Cottage
Old Scholar and Mind Landscape
Man Gazing at Magnolias
Song of the Eight Great Drinkers
Song of the Eight Great Drinkers
The Three Laughers
The Three Laughers
Scholars Conversing at the Bridge in the Mountains
Returning to the Hermitage in the Mountains in Autumn
Spring Landscape
Hermitage above a Valley; Quiet Pleasure Near a Valley
Hermitage above a Valley; Quiet Pleasure Near a Valley
Study amid the Plum Blossoms
Study amid the Plum Blossoms
Flowering Plum Trees in Mist
Flowering Plum Trees in Mist
Plum Blossoms in Moonlight
Plum and Auspicious Fungus by a Rock
Plants
Plum Blossoms and Bamboo
Orchids
Orchids
Orchids with a Poem
Orchids and Rock with Calligraphy
Orchids
Bamboo Grove Pavilion
Bamboo and Rock
Bamboo and Rock
Bamboo in Breeze
Bamboo in Snowstorm
Bamboo
Bamboo
Moonlight Bamboo
Bamboo by a Rock
Peonies and Bamboo by a Rock
Bamboo and Calligraphy
Bamboo and Calligraphy
Bamboo and Calligraphy
Study in a Bamboo Grove
Thousand Character Classic
Thousand Character Classic
Poem Dedicated to Hakuin
Heart Sutra with Bamboo
Heart Sutra with Landscape
Ode to the Heavenly Horse
Colophon
Autumn Landscape
Calligraphy of a Poem by Du Fu
Calligraphy of a Poem by Song Zhiwen
Calligraphy of a Poem by Song Zhiwen, detail of the character for cloud
Calligraphy of a Poem
Calligraphy of a Poem by Li Bo
Calligraphy of a Poem by Wei Yingwu
Calligraphy of a Poem by Zhu Xi
Chinese-style Poem in Seven-character Phrases
Calligraphy of Poems by Du Fu and Li Bo
Song of the Eight Great Drinkers
Song of the Eight Great Drinkers
Book of Tang Poetry in Five Calligraphic Styles
Book of Tang Poetry in Five Calligraphic Styles
Book of Tang Poetry in Five Calligraphic Styles
Book of Tang Poetry in Five Calligraphic Styles
Composite of six calligraphic variations of the character for cloud
Letter Addressed to Itō Kakō
Letter Addressed to Kan Tenju
Letter Addressed to Shōemon
Signboard (Kahō), final draft
Shop sign
Calligraphy Panel: Bannō Senrikō
Portrait of Baisaō
Dialogue between Mikami Kōken and Ike Taiga
Calligraphy of a Poem by Ono no Komachi
Playing a Flute on a Boat
Sailing in a Cup
Arhat Sailing in a Cup
Catching a Catfish with a Gourd
Catching a Catfish with a Gourd, reduced-size copy
Group Pilgrimage to the Jizō Nun
Gion Festival Float under Moon
Uzumasa Festival
Jumping Frog
Black Dog and Boat
Man Eating Sweet Potatoes
Poem in Traditional Style
Poems of Four Seasons (Summer)
Poems of Four Seasons (Spring)
Poems of Four Seasons (Winter)
Poems of Four Seasons (Autumn)
Tanzaku with Design of Seashore
Poem Card with Design of Water
Iris with a Poem from the Goshūi wakashū
Two Poems in Traditional Style
Poems by Gyokuran and Taiga
Autumnal Tints on the Riverbank
Autumnal Tints on the Riverbank
Hozu River in Autumn
Annual Events of the Twelve Months
Annual Events of the Twelve Months
Orchids with a Japanese Poem by Gyokuran; Plum Blossoms
Orchids with a Japanese Poem by Gyokuran; Plum Blossoms
Poem by Taiga
Poem by Taiga
Poems
Poems
Orchids with a Poem by Yuri
Orchids with a Poem by Gyokuran
Bamboo with a Poem by Gyokuran
Bird on Plum Branch
Plum Blossoms with a Poem by Yuri
Bird on Plum Branch with a Poem by Gyokuran
Illustration and Poem by Yuri
Bamboo on a Windy Day with a Poem by Gyokuran
Bamboo in Wind
Sojourning Guests in a Bamboo Grove
Sailboats at Anchor
Sailboats at Anchor
Akashi Bay
Seaside Landscape
Pine Trees at the Shore with a Poem by Gyokuran
Pavilion on a Pine Bluff
Pine Trees at the Shore
Landscape with Yellow Trees
Cultivating and Weeding the Fields
Landscape
Autumnal Landscape with a Waterfall
Reciting Poems in the Mountains
Taigadō's Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō), ox-tail brushstrokes
Sages Playing Go under Pine Trees
Sages Playing Go under Pine Trees, detail of signature and seal
Landscape with Sages Playing Go
Four Landscapes (Summer)
Four Landscapes (Spring)
Four Landscapes (Winter)
Four Landscapes (Autumn)
Peach Blossom Spring
Yueyang Pavilion
Yueyang Pavilion, after Shao Zhenxian
Yueyang Pavilion
The Yueyang Tower
Zuiweng Pavilion, after Shao Zhenxian
Zuiweng Pavilion
Pines on Mount Tai, after Gao Qian (after Tang Yin)
Peach Blossom Spring, after Shao Zhenxian
View of Moonlit River
Mooring at Night at Maple Bridge
Wintry Landscape, after Guo Zhongshu
Landscape with Scholar
Dawn on Witch Mountain
Old Pine Tree with Rocks
The First Excursion to Red Cliff
The First Excursion to Red Cliff
Woods in Refreshing Early Morning
White Clouds and Red Trees
Halting a Carriage among Maple Trees
Viewing Flowers at Xingseng Harbor; Halting a Carriage among Maple Trees
Viewing Flowers at Xingseng Harbor; Halting a Carriage among Maple Trees
Song of Spring
Song of Spring
Calligraphy of a Poem by Guo Yuanzhen
Taking an Interest in Clouds and Haze
Taking an Interest in Clouds and Haze
Taking an Interest in Clouds and Haze
Taking an Interest in Clouds and Haze
Taigadō's Model Painting Book (Taigadō gafu)
Taigadō's Model Painting Book (Taigadō gafu)
Taigadō's Model Painting Book (Taigadō gafu)
Taigadō's Model Painting Book (Taigadō gafu)
Beauty with Plum Blossoms
Lady by the Round Window
Landscapes and Flower Studies
Calling for a Boat from a Willow Embankment, Paintings with Seven-Character-Meter Tang Quatrain
Calling for a Boat from a Willow Embankment
Taigadō's Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō)
Taigadō's Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō)
Taigadō's Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō)
Chrysanthemums, cover for the Taigadō's Painting Manual (Taigadō gahō)
Landscape with Rice Fields
Six Landscapes
Luoyang Avenue
Luoyang Avenue
Calligraphy of a Poem by Chu Guangxi
Taigadō's Painting Manuals (Taigadō gahō), mi-dot brushstrokes
Set of Five Hanging Scrolls
Letter Addressed to Nakao Kyūrōemon
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
Leisurely Pleasures beyond Ordinary Life
The Gathering at Dragon Peak; The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
The Gathering at Dragon Peak; The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion, detail of scholars drinking and playing the qin
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion; Autumn Festival
The Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion; Autumn Festival
Twelve Views of West Lake
Twelve Views of West Lake
Panoramic View of West Lake
West Lake in Spring, High Tide at Qiantang
West Lake in Spring, High Tide at Qiantang
Mouth of the Qiantang River
West Lake
West Lake
Map of Konkai Kōmyō-ji
West Lake
West Lake
Calligraphy of a Poem by Wang Gong
Playing on a Mouth Organ in a Heavenly Palace
Calligraphy of a Poem by Lu Zhi
Spring Mountain in Clearing Mist
Six Perspectives
Six Perspectives
Four Seasons in Twelve Landscapes
Four Seasons in Twelve Landscapes
Landscapes in the Twelve Months
Landscapes in the Twelve Months
Twelve Landscapes
Twelve Landscapes
Landscapes in the Four Seasons (Summer)
Landscapes in the Four Seasons (Spring)
Landscapes in the Four Seasons (Winter)
Landscapes in the Four Seasons (Autumn)
Journey on the Road to Shu
Journey on the Road to Shu
Journey on the Road to Shu
Setting a Date for a Journey to the Roads of Shu
Setting a Date for a Journey to the Roads of Shu
Calligraphy of a Poem by Zhang Yue
Setting a Date for a Journey to the Roads of Shu
Setting a Date for a Journey to the Roads of Shu
Spring Mountain with a Waterfall
Spring Landscape
Two Landscapes
Two Landscapes
Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Enjoying Sake while Amusing Oneself with Poetry
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Towering Cliff with Waterfall
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Horseback Riding in the Spring Mountains
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Rocky Mountains with Shrubs
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Fisherman's Hut by a Mountain Stream
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Mountain Soaring High above Clouds
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Yueyang Evening Scene
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Impressive View of the Go River
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Drinking in a Boat under the Autumn Moon
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Autumn Landscape with Boat at Anchor
Landscape in the Four Seasons: In the Spirit of Rain in the Xiao-Xiang District
Landscapes in the Four Seasons: Autumn Mountain on a Fine Day
True View of Mount Asama
Journey to the Three Peaks
Journey to the Three Peaks, detail
Chinese Landscape
Chinese Landscape
The Great Buddha Hall
Tōfuku-ji Temple
Cherry Blossoms on Mount Yoshino
Landscape with Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji
Pine Trees and Waves; Summer and Clouds over Mount Fuji
Pine Trees and Waves; Summer and Clouds over Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji in the Twelve Months
Mount Fuji in the Twelve Months
True View of Kojima Bay
Nachi Falls
The Joy of Fishing, after Wang Wei
Mountain Peak above Spring Haze
Twelve Scenic Beauties of Japan
Twelve Scenic Beauties of Japan
Twelve Scenic Beauties of Japan
Twelve Scenic Beauties of Japan
Orchids in a Vase
Landscape with the Three Friends
Lake Dongting
Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang
Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang
Calligraphy Book of Tang Poetry
Calligraphy Book of Tang Poetry
Heart Sutra with Seated Kannon
Heart Sutra with Landscape
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ten Conveniences
Ikeno Shisei
Shisei
Ikeno Shisei
Fude otosaba fūu odorokasu
Higashiyama [Tōzan] Ike Mumei-Taisei
Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in
Kōbin fu
Dōdaibōshi hangetsuki
Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in
Ike Tsutomu [Kin] Azana Kōbin
Chikkyo
Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in
Kōbin
Ike Mumei in
Higashiyama [Tōzan] Issō
Ike Kōbin shi
Kyūka Sanshō
Chikkyo
Senseki kōkō
Kōfū Saigetsu
Dainanajūsan Fukuhoku Gūkyo
Ike Tsutomu [Kin] no in
Uryū Ensa
Kōbin shi
Gyokkō Kōanri
Datsuten Chikō
Itsuka issan tōka issui
Kōbin
Jōitsu
Taiga no dō
Rankō suikei no aida wo shōyō su
Shūhei
Tsuchinoe no tatsu [Boshin] ni Mutsu nite asobu
Sangaku Dōja
Raiseikan
Mumei no in
Kyūkashō
Mumei-Kashō
Mumei-Taisei
Taisei
Mumei
Hekigo Suichiku Sanbō
Junsei
Sude ni senri no michi wo yukedomo imada bankan no sho wo yomazu
Ike
Higashiyama [Tōzan]
Mumei
Mumei
Izumi ishi wo kakomite fumi shōzu
Taiga Shujin
Mumei-Kashōja
Ike Mumei in
Kyūka Sanjin
Sangaku Isshi
Ike Mumei Taisei in
Kyūka Shōja
Mumei
Shin'nei Ike shi
Rankō suikei
Sakin usho
Chikkyo
Hantan shūsui Ichibōsan
Enkaro
Taisei shi
Enka Shōsho
Taiga
Ike Mumei in
Ippen Hyōshin
Kaikai kiki fusen ichinō
Sekisen
Ike Mumei in
Ike Mumei in
Taisei
Sangaku Dōja
Zenshin Sōma Hō Kyūkō
Kashō
Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Gyokuran
Gion Fūryū
Shōfū
Shōfū
Shōfū
Kattankyo

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~It has been a great pleasure for the Tokyo National Museum to work with the Philadelphia Museum of Art in organizing the magnificent exhibition Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush. Established 130 years ago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art houses a rich collection of Japanese art that it has shared with the public not...

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~The protean ink painter, poet, and calligrapher Ike Taiga has been a legendary figure in Japanese culture since his early years as a child prodigy in his native Kyoto, and his work has been admired and collected in Europe and the United States for many decades. It is a delight and an honor to present the first retrospective exhibition of Taiga’s work...

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Ike Taiga, A Life in Art

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

These words composed by the priest Daiten commence the epitaph for the tombstone of the artist Ike Taiga, who died on the nineteenth day of the fourth lunar month of 1776. The tombstone itself was installed the following year at Taiga’s family temple, Jōkō-ji, in Kyoto. Daiten Kenjō (1719–1801), abbot of another Kyoto temple, Shōkoku-ji, had been Taiga’s...

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776NangaArtists--Japan--BiographyLandscape painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868Calligraphy, Japanese--History--Edo period, 1600-1868

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The Life and Art of Tokuyama Gyokuran

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727/28–1784) was not only a famous painter in Kyoto during the eighteenth century but also became one of the most renowned female artists in Japanese history. In the late Edo period there was a popular pastime of making lists of artists, like the graded lists of sumo wrestlers....

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Gyokuran, 1728-1784Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Artists--Japan--BiographyLandscape painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868Japanese poetry--Edo period, 1600-1868

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Taiga and Landscape Painting: Translations and Transformations

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

The mid-eighteenth century in Japan was a time of political and social stability and economic prosperity. The Tokugawa family of military rulers (shoguns) was firmly ensconced in the new eastern capital of Edo as the de facto political power, while the emperor reigned as spiritual and cultural sovereign in the ancient imperial capital of Kyoto in western Japan. In order to keep a measure of...

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Landscape painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868Sōtatsu-Kōrin SchoolPainting, Japanese--Chinese influences

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Printed Books on Painting: Edo-Period Imports from China and Taiga’s Manuals

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

These words of advice on studying painting through Chinese printed books were written by the Japanese literatus and painter Yanagisawa Kien (1706–1758), who was a teacher of both Taiga and Gyokuran. Some of the books that Kien described must have been in his collection (fig. 38), or at least he must have studied them directly. All those he listed, except the Mustard Seed Garden Painting...

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Painting--Study and teachingTeaching--Handbooks, manuals, etcPainting--TechniqueWang, Gai, active 1677-1705. Jie zi yuan hua zhuan. English & ChineseWang, Gai, active 1677-1705. Jie zi yuan hua zhuan. English & Chinese --- Mustard seed garden painting manual

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Taiga’s Ink Bamboo with Chinese Verse: Collage of Painting, Calligraphy, and Poetry

Sadako Ohki

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

During the second half of the eighteenth century in Japan, particularly in and around the imperial city of Kyoto, there arose a colorful group of professional painters who produced works of unprecedented individuality and originality. Chronologically, this loosely connected group of seven...

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Calligraphy, Japanese--History--Edo period, 1600-1868Artists--Social conditionsPainting, Japanese--Chinese influences

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The Fascination of Taiga’s Calligraphy

Shimatani Hiroyuki

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

The Japanese term for calligraphy, sho, refers to letters or characters written by the human hand, not mechanically produced by printing machines or computers. Chinese characters (kanji) form the basis of the written word not only in China but also in Japan and Korea, where the Chinese system was borrowed and variously adapted over the centuries, and where the calligraphic writing of...

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Shimatani Hiroyuki

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Chinese poetryCalligraphy, Japanese--History--Edo period, 1600-1868Calligraphy, Japanese--Chinese influences

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Taiga and Chinese Poetry (Kanshi)

Jonathan Chaves

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

From the dawn of recorded Japanese literature, the Chinese language was used by Japanese writers and scholars to write prose accounts of history, as well as poetry. That Japanese writers used a language other than their own ought not to seem strange to us, when we recall that for centuries a “foreign” language, Latin, was the medium of choice for writers in France, England, Germany,...

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Chapter subject tags:Ike, Taiga, 1723-1776Kanshi (Japanese poetry)Chinese poetryLandscape painting, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868Calligraphy, Japanese--History--Edo period, 1600-1868

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Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

Taiga’s reputation as a calligrapher was made at the age of six, when he demonstrated his skills for a group of venerable monks at Mampuku-ji temple...

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Chapter subject tags:NangaCalligraphy, Japanese--Chinese influencesQiantang River (China)Japanese poetryZhou, Xingsi, -521. Qian zi wenScholars in artChinese poetryScreen painting, JapaneseRed Cliffs (Huanggang Xian, China)Zen BuddhismZhou, Xingsi, -521. Qian zi wen (Thousand Character Classic)

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Related print edition pages: pp.119-145

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Appendix 1: Taiga’s Poems Written in Chinese (Kanshi)

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The sixty-six known kanshi by Taiga are published in Tei Reiun, Bunjin Ike Taiga kenkyū: Chūgoku bunjin shishoga “sanzetsu” no Nihon-teki juyō (Tokyo: Hakuteisha, 1997), pp. 190–323 (hereafter Tei 1997).

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Appendix 2: Dictionary of Seals

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

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Acknowledgments

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

~This exhibition and catalogue would not have been possible without the assistance and cooperation of many collectors, colleagues, and enthusiasts in Japan and the United States. Our generous lenders and funders are acknowledged elsewhere, but we would like to express our deep gratitude to all of them as well. We have been fortunate in having an exceptional...

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Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush

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