Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran : Japanese masters of the brush

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran : Japanese masters of the brush / Felice Fischer with Kyoko Kinoshita ; with essays by Jonathan Chaves, Sadako Ohki, and Shimatani Hiroyuki.

"Ike Taiga (1723-1776) and his wife Tokuyama Gyokuran (1727-1784) were preeminent artists in eighteenth-century Japan. This landmark book-- the only comprehensive survey available in English-- focuses on the lives and times of these artists and accompanied the first-ever exhibition devoted to t...

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Main Author: Fischer, Felice (Author)
Other Authors: Kinoshita, Kyoko (Contributor), Chaves, Jonathan (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Philadelphia] : New Haven [Conn.] : Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Yale University Press, [2007]
Series:Philadelphia Museum of Art series.
Subjects:
Ike, Taiga, > 1723-1776 > Exhibitions.
Ike, Gyokuran, > 1728-1784 > Exhibitions.
Ike, Gyokuran, > 1728-1784
Ike, Taiga, > 1723-1776
1700-1799
Nanga > Exhibitions.
Art, Japanese > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Artist couples > Japan > Exhibitions.
Artist couples
Art, Japanese
Nanga
Japan
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ike Taiga, a life in art / Felice Fischer
  • The life and art of Tokuyama Gyokuran / Kyoko Kinoshita
  • Taiga and landscape painting: translations and transformation / Felice Fischer
  • Printed books on painting: edo-period imports from China and Taiga's manuals / Kyoko Kinoshita
  • Taiga's ink bamboo with Chinese verse: collage of painting, calligraphy, and poetry / Sadako Ohki
  • The fascination of Taiga's calligraphy / Shimatani Hiroyuki
  • Taiga and Chinese poetry (Kanshi) / Jonathan Chaves
  • Plates: early works; Chinese themes; calligraphy; Japanese themes; Chinese landscapes; late works
  • Catalogue of works
  • Appendix 1: Taiga's Chinese poetry / translations by Jonathan Chaves
  • Appendix 2: Dictionary of seals.

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