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DiaporamaLandscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse
701
132.0cm x 19.0cm
Ike Taiga (1723 – 1776)
Ike no Taiga (1723-1776) was a pivotal Japanese painter of the Edo period, renowned for perfecting *bunjinga* (literati painting). Explore his classical Chinese-inspired landscapes, calligraphy & influence on Nanga style. Discover a master of nature
Ike Taiga juxtaposes a landscape of towering mountains of an almost impossible steepness with a four-line poem by the Tang-dynasty poet Li Bai, celebrating the spirit of solitude found within unspoiled nature. A pathway leads from close to the lower margin into the center of the composition and draws the viewer into the pictorial space. It seems to invite us to imagine ourselves in the place of the lonely wanderer shown in the center of the image. The man is likely meant to be the poet himself, since the walking pole is an iconographic convention for representing Li Bai. The poem reads:The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains. —Trans. Sam Hamill
About this artwork
- Title: Landscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse
- Artist: Ike Taiga
- Year: 701
- Original dimensions: 132.0cm x 19.0cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Driftwood
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