Landscape in the Mi Style

Accession Number
1985/2.22

Title
Landscape in the Mi Style

Artist(s)
Hine Taizan

Object Creation Date
mid 19th century

Medium & Support
album leaf, ink and light color on paper

Dimensions
7 3/4 in x 7 in (19.6 cm x 17.8 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 45.88 cm);14 13/16 in x 12 1/2 in (37.6 cm x 31.8 cm);7 3/4 in x 7 in (19.6 cm x 17.8 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern

Label copy
Albums were a popular format among literati artists for exchanging paintings among themselves. A single artist might do a series of paintings as an album, but more often the works of several artists would be bound together in a collaborative product. The paintings may have been done as part of a convivial gathering or assembled from works that the collector requested from his friends. These are two leaves from a single album, despite their different size.
Hine Taizan we have already encountered at left. Fujimoto Tesseki was a samurai from Bizen (modern Okayama, in western Japan), who left official service to wander throughout the country. An intent student of native learning as well as Chinese studies, Tesseki became an ardent supporter of the “revere the emperor” movement that rose in rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in battle at the age of thirty-eight.
Maribeth Graybill, for the exhibition "Japanese Visions of China," 9/21/02 - 1/26/03Albums were a popular format among literati artists for exchanging paintings among themselves. A single artist might do a series of paintings as an album, but more often the works of several artists would be bound together in a collaborative product. The paintings may have been done as part of a convivial gathering or assembled from works that the collector requested from his friends. These are two leaves from a single album, despite their different size.
Hine Taizan we have already encountered at left. Fujimoto Tesseki was a samurai from Bizen (modern Okayama, in western Japan), who left official service to wander throughout the country. An intent student of native learning as well as Chinese studies, Tesseki became an ardent supporter of the “revere the emperor” movement that rose in rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate. He died in battle at the age of thirty-eight.
Maribeth Graybill, for the exhibition "Japanese Visions of China," 9/21/02 - 1/26/03

Subject matter
Albums were a popular format among literati artists for exchanging paintings among themselves. A single artist might do a series of paintings as an album, but more often the works of several artists would be bound together in a collaborative product. The paintings may have been done as part of a convivial gathering or assembled from works that the collector requested from his friends. These are two leaves from a single album, despite their different size. Hine Taizan we have already encountered at left.
Maribeth Graybill, for the exhibition "Japanese Visions of China," 9/21/02 - 1/26/03

Physical Description
In the background, there are tall mountains with smaller hills and trees in front. There are also two buildings that are partially hidden behind one of the hills. In the upper right corner, there is s seal and signature of the artist.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Additional Object Classification(s)
Drawing

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Japan
Landscapes
album leaf
hills
houses
mountains
trees

5 Related Resources

Ink and Realisms
(Part of: Artist Associations and Art Movements)
Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868
(Part of: Empires and Colonialism)
Landscape and Nature, Comparative and Historical
(Part of 3 Learning Collections)
Samurai
(Part of 5 Learning Collections)

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