Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 1 (leaf 27)
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 1 (leaf 27) is a 1704 by Aoki Shukuya, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see loose ink drawings of jagged rocks, pine trees, and distant mountain peaks on a faded sheet of paper. The lines are quick and light, like notes from a sketchbook. This is one page from a series copied by a student learning from a master. Shukuya studied under Ikeno Taiga, a leading painter of the Edo period, and used these sketches to practice brushwork and composition. Look up the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more pages from this rare set of drawings.
Traditionally, young painters in Japan began their studies with an established master-painter. The master's compositions invariably became models that the apprentice copied to learn various ink and brush techniques. Shukuya was a pupil of the famous Kyoto artist Ikeno Taiga, whose style is reflected in these sketches of rocks, trees, and mountains.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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