Cleveland Museum of Art
Peonies
Tatebayashi KageiLinkedCulture matchlcp-a13cd8f851a7
- Date
- mid 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 140096
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
A proliferation of white tree peonies dominates this composition. Behind them are tall, feathery-topped susuki grasses and leafy deciduous trees. Tatebayashi Kagei restricted his palette to ink with red and white color, along with sparing use of green in the peony leaves and the blades of grass. He made generous use of the “dripping-in” ( tarashikomi ) technique, layering pooled ink and color, in the peony leaves. The areas left in reserve create the impression of insect-eaten or late season foliage. In 1738, Kagei received a copy made by Ogata Kōrin of a fan painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu from Kōrin's brother Ogata Kenzan, so some think he trained with Kenzan in Edo (present-day Tokyo).
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- Credit line
- Worcester R. Warner Collection
- Provenance
- ?–1964: Mr. Harry C. Nail Jr. [1909–1990], El Dorado, AR, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange | 1964–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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