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Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies

Ike TaigaLinkedCulture matchlcp-72d355cf4f68

Date: mid-1700s
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 135333

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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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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: Tanaka Jiiozaemon, Tsu City, Ise Prefecture, Japan | ?–1958: (Adolph Loewi [1888–1977], Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1958–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH