Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies
Ike Taiga · mid-1700s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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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. Ike Taiga ranks among the most creative painters of the Edo period: he produced over 1,000 compositions in various formats.
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- Maker
- Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)
- Date
- mid-1700s
- Medium
- Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 163.2 x 182.6 cm (64 1/4 x 71 7/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 235A Japanese
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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