1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Ten Thousand Bamboos in the Mist and Rain is a 1847 by Tsubaki Chinzan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a long scroll filled with thin, gray-green bamboo stalks bending in soft rain. Chinzan didn’t paint this from life—he copied a Chinese artist named Zhai Dakun, even matching the old inscriptions. The rain isn’t shown with drops; it’s just a faint haze that blurs the edges of the leaves. Look up *Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)* to see how artists then borrowed and remade Chinese styles.
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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