Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran
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Japanese Masters of the Brush
Felice Fischer with Kyoko Kinoshita; With essays by Jonathan Chaves, Sadako Ohki, and Shimatani Hiroyuki
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Ike Taiga (1723–1776) and his wife Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727–1784) were preeminent artists in 18th-century Japan. This landmark book––the only comprehensive survey available in English—focuses on the lives and times of these artists and accompanies the first-ever exhibition devoted to their work in the United States.
Considered by contemporaries to be an eccentric marvel, indifferent to worldly preoccupations, Taiga is best known as an exponent of the so-called Nanga school of Chinese literati painting. He was hugely prolific and experimental, working in an impressive range of styles, techniques, compositions, and subjects to produce over 1,000 calligraphies and paintings, and many large-scale fusuma (sliding doors) and screens. While not as well known as her husband, Gyokuran was a significant artist and a well-regarded poet of Japanese verse. Taiga wrote poetry in Chinese, and translated poems by both artists are featured prominently in this volume.
Considered by contemporaries to be an eccentric marvel, indifferent to worldly preoccupations, Taiga is best known as an exponent of the so-called Nanga school of Chinese literati painting. He was hugely prolific and experimental, working in an impressive range of styles, techniques, compositions, and subjects to produce over 1,000 calligraphies and paintings, and many large-scale fusuma (sliding doors) and screens. While not as well known as her husband, Gyokuran was a significant artist and a well-regarded poet of Japanese verse. Taiga wrote poetry in Chinese, and translated poems by both artists are featured prominently in this volume.
Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 1 – July 22, 2007)
Felice Fischer is The Luther W. Brady Curator of Japanese Art and Curator of East Asian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 1 – July 22, 2007)
ISBN: 9780300122183
Publication Date: May 24, 2007
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Publication Date: May 24, 2007
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
504 pages, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4
26 b/w + 461 color illus.
26 b/w + 461 color illus.
