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Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Autumn Harvest Festival

1763
161.0 x 356.0 cm

This pair of screens by Ike Taiga, one of Japan’s most prominent literati painters, depicts two Chinese themes: the Orchid Pavilion Gathering on the right screen and, on the left screen, the Autumn Harvest Festival. A Tang-dynasty poem attributed to Wang Jia (born 851) and inscribed above in Taiga’s own calligraphy reads:At the foot of Mount Ohu, the rice and millet are fat.Pigs are in their pens, the chickens in their coops; The door to the house has been left ajar.The Autumn Festival is over, and in the evening Mulberry leaves cast long shadows.from every house tipsy men return, holding each other up.—Trans. adapted from Stephen D. Allee

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