1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dwellings beneath Folded Hills is a 1847 by Tsubaki Chinzan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see tiny houses tucked under soft, rolling hills that look like crumpled paper. The ink is so light the paper almost shows through. Chinzan didn’t invent this scene—he copied it from a Chinese painter named Zhai Dakun, right down to the calligraphy. It’s like learning handwriting by tracing someone else’s letters. If you want to see more of this quiet, traced world, look up *japan, edo period (1615–1868)*.
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.
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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