Yueyang Evening Scene (Translation)
岳陽晚景図 江戸時代 池大雅筆 絹本着色 (Primary Title)
hanging scroll (Object Name)
Ike Taiga 池大雅, Japanese, 1723 - 1776 (Artist)
Yueyang Pavilion is an ancient structure built in China’s Hunan Province during the Tang dynasty. The pavilion originally served as an inspection tower to monitor the traffic on Lake Taihu and later became famous when Fan Zhong’an wrote a poem about it for a local governor who helped rebuild the tower in 1044. The pavilion, thereafter, became a favorite subject for artists. Here, using spontaneous brushwork and translucent colors, Ikeno Taiga created a naturalistic scene that demonstrates Japanese Nanga style at its vigorous stage in the 18th century.
Nanga 南画
Nanga School
Edo period (1615-1868)
Unsigned
Artist's seals: 霞樵 kasho, 前身相馬方九皐 zenshin soma ho kyuko
岳陽晚景 (Evening Scene of Yueyang)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
"Japanese Art from the Virginia Museum," Delaware Art Museum, September 23, 1982 - October 31, 1982
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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