East Asian Art
Summer LandscapeMade in Japan, Asia
Edo Period (1615-1868), 1764
Tokuyama Gyokuran, Japanese, 1728 - 1784
Ink and color on paper; mounted as a hanging scroll
Currently not on view
2010-51-1Purchased with funds contributed by Andrea M. Baldeck, M.D., in honor of Kyoko Kinoshita, 2010
LabelTokuyama Gyokuran was famous as a painter and a poet during her lifetime, but is perhaps best known today as the wife of the legendary artist Ike Taiga (1723-1776). Gyokuran learned painting from Taiga, and his influence can be seen most clearly in her landscapes. For this view, Gyokuran used a wonderful combination of dry brush and wet brush techniques, particularly in rendering the rocks, mountains, and trees. This work is significant in that it is the only one that Gyokuran signed with a specific date: the eighth month of 1770.