1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters is a 1847 by Tsubaki Chinzan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a small album of twelve landscape scenes, each painted in a different old Chinese style. Chinzan didn’t just copy the shapes—he copied the handwriting too. Every poem and signature on the original Chinese paintings is carefully redrawn in ink beside the hills and rivers. It’s like a quiet game: can you spot which mountain was done in the style of a 10th-century master and which one feels like a 15th-century scroll? Look up more Edo period paintings to see how Japanese artists played with Chinese brushwork.
As the title of this album suggests, Tsubaki Chinzan painted each of the landscapes included in the album after interpretations of the styles of old masters by Chinese painter Zhai Dakun (翟大坤, active 1730–1804). In addition to the painted compositions, he also copied the inscriptions on Zhai Dakun's paintings.
The album that inspired Tsubaki Chinzan is also in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.49 .
Read the full account in the museum source.
Tsubaki Chinzan, originally Tasuku was a Japanese painter in the nanga style. His other art names include Hekiin Sambō, Kyūan (休庵), Shikyūan (四休庵) and Takukadō (琢華堂).
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