Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun
Ike Taiga
1755/65
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
54.9 × 123.2 cm (21 5/8 × 48 1/2 in.)
Classification
hanging scroll
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
185222
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Ike Taiga was a revolutionary known for revitalizing Japanese painting traditions in the eighteenth century. He infused the Chinese-inspired ink painting (nanga) that was gaining favor among intellectuals in Kyoto with a purely Japanese aesthetic and humor. Group Pilgrimage to the Jizo Nun is a snapshot of contemporary life in Japan presented from Taiga’s unique perspective. The print depicts pilgrims making offerings to the Jizo nun, a holy woman believed to be able to communicate with the bodh...