Bamboo in Fine Weather after Rain
Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)
mid-1700s
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Dimensions
163.2 × 182.6 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1958.337
Tags
male
About this artwork
As this two-fold byøbu demonstrates, Taiga ranks among the most creative painters of the Edo period. By sheer industry and with unfettered talent, in three and one-half decades he produced an oeuvre exceeding one thousand compositions, in various formats. While he was unencumbered by a traditional education in the classical literature and philosophy of Chinese civilization, he nevertheless gravitated toward standard themes. He was familiar with native painting themes and techniques, but his circ...