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池大雅筆　「独座敬亭山」図|Landscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse

Ike Taiga

late 18th century

池大雅筆　「独座敬亭山」図|Landscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse by Ike Taiga

Medium

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper

Dimensions

Each: 52 x 7 5/8 in. (132.1 x 19.4 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

Accession Number

2015.500.9.61a, b

Tags

Mountains

Art Historical Context

Ike Taiga's *Landscape and Couplet of Chinese* (*池大雅筆　「独座敬亭」図*), from the late 18th century, captivates with its poetic simplicity. This pair of hanging scrolls—one featuring a misty mountain landscape, the other inscribing a couplet from Li Bai famous Tang dynasty poem "Sitting Alone Facing Mount Jing"—evokes solitude and harmony with nature. Rendered in ink on paper (each 52 x 7⅝ in.), the works exemplify the Edo-period Japanese fascination with Chinese literati ideals, blending painting and calligraphy into a meditative whole. As a leading figure in Japan's Nanga (Southern School) movement...

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