Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 1 (leaf 20)
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1704
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Reverberations of Taiga, Volume 1 (leaf 20) is a 1704 by Aoki Shukuya, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This ink sketch shows a jagged mountain rising behind a few pine trees. The scene is light and dark, with patches of white paper left bare. Shukuya was a student of Ikeno Taiga, a big name in Kyoto art. These leaves aren’t grand paintings. They’re practice pieces—quick brush drills to learn Taiga’s bold style. Check out Ikeno Taiga’s work next at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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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