Harvard Art Museums > TL42642.2: Bamboo on a Stormy Day Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Bamboo on a Stormy Day (Ikeno Taiga 池大雅) , TL42642.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/340583. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text Here Taiga uses his brush to express the emblematic characteristics of the scholar-gentleman, including resiliency and flexibility, symbolized here by the bamboo plant that bends but does not break in adverse conditions. Bamboo, the "ink gentleman," offered endless possibilities for expressive experimentation with ink tonality and brushwork. Taiga intentionally raised his brush to leave kinetic passages of un-inked paper as he formed the arched stalk of the wind-buffeted bamboo stem, set against a pastel blue ground suggestive of the muted hibernal light of a stormy winter day. Identification and Creation Object Number TL42642.2 People Ikeno Taiga 池大雅, Japanese (Kyoto 1723 - 1776) Title Bamboo on a Stormy Day Classification Paintings Work Type hanging scroll, painting Date after 1759 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/340583 Location Location Level 2, Room 2600, East Asian Art, East Asian Painting and Decorative Arts View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper Dimensions painting proper: H. 129.5 × W. 46.7 cm (51 × 18 3/8 in.) overall mounting, including roller ends and suspension cord: H. 217.2 × W. 68.9 cm (85 1/2 × 27 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks signature: 霞樵 [Kashō] seal: upper; square, intaglio: 池無名印 [Ike Mumei in] seal: lower; square, intaglio: 弎岳道者 [Sangaku Dōja] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Promised gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg Object Number TL42642.2 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection, exh. cat., Yomiuri Shinbunsha (Tokyo, 2013), p. 63, cat. 19 Musée Cernuschi, Le Japon au fil des saisons: Collection Robert et Betsy Feinberg, exh. cat., Paris-Musées (Paris, 2014), pp. 104-105 Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 221-222, cat. 223 Exhibition History The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection, Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, 05/21/2013 - 07/15/2013; Miho Museum, 07/20/2013 - 08/18/2013; Tottori Prefectural Museum, 10/05/2013 - 11/10/2013 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/08/2024 - 12/02/2024 Painting Edo: Japanese Art from the Feinberg Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/14/2020 - 06/06/2021 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Related Articles Art Talk: Painting Edo April 29, 2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
