1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Willow and Waterfall is a 1847 by Tsubaki Chinzan, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A thin waterfall spills over dark rocks while a willow tree bends beside it. The scene is quiet, with soft ink lines and pale washes of color. Chinzan didn’t paint this from life. He copied it from a Chinese artist named Zhai Dakun, who worked a generation earlier. The album this painting comes from is full of these careful copies—each one a study, not an original. If you like this, look up *subject: japan, edo period (1615–1868)* to see more landscapes from the same time.
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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