Ike no Taiga (1723-1776)
Distant landscape and bower
Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper, depicting a lone scholar approaching a bower, a mountainous landscape in the distance, with a long colophon inscribed with a pair of Chinese seven-character couplets and signed Mumei, sealed Ike mumei no in and Sangaku doja
With wood storage box with an inscription by Nagao Kayo (1824-1913) dated 1902, and with additional inscription by Yamanaka Rankei (1883-1975) dated 1962.6.
Hanging scroll: ink and color on paper, depicting a lone scholar approaching a bower, a mountainous landscape in the distance, with a long colophon inscribed with a pair of Chinese seven-character couplets and signed Mumei, sealed Ike mumei no in and Sangaku doja
With wood storage box with an inscription by Nagao Kayo (1824-1913) dated 1902, and with additional inscription by Yamanaka Rankei (1883-1975) dated 1962.6.
Estimate:
US$ 30,000 - 40,000
£19,000 - 26,000
€22,000 - 30,000
£19,000 - 26,000
€22,000 - 30,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: ex-Motoyama Chikuso collection
The box inscriptions accompanying this painting attest to the authenticity of this work. The earlier, written by Nagao Kayo, a pupil of Tsubaki Chinzan (1801-1854), praises this painting, pointing out that it is exhibits ki'in (Ch. qiyun), the first of the six laws of painting associated with Tang dynasty masters. The later inscription by Yamanaka Rankei, a scholar familiar with the work of Ike Taiga, discusses at length this painting suggesting Taiga has drawn on the works of Wang Wei (699-759) and Mi Youren (1075-1151).
The Works of Ike-No Taiga, 2 volumes, by Hoan Kosugi, Ichimatsu Tanaka, Rankei Yamanaka, Chuo-Koron Bijutsu Shuppan, Tokyo, 1960
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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