Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 2 (leaf 2)
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 2 (leaf 2) is a 1704 by Aoki Shukuya, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a quiet forest scene with tall trees, jagged rocks, and mist between the mountains. The brushwork is loose and fast, like quick sketches on paper. This artwork is one of several by Aoki Shukuya made during the Edo period in Japan. He trained under the painter Ikeno Taiga, and you can see Taiga’s free, expressive style in the way the ink flows. These sketches were likely practice, helping Shukuya master how to draw nature with speed and feeling. Look up the artist: Aoki Shukuya (Japanese, d. 1802). (Word count: 102)
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.
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