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Peony and Bamboo

ca. 1768
Not on view
Tokuyama Gyokuran was introduced to the world of the literati early in life. Her mother and adopted mother were both noted poets in Kyoto and were close to the early nanga artist Yanagisawa Kien (1704–1758), a painting teacher to Ike Taiga, whom Gyokuran later married in the early 1750s. Although she began painting well before her marriage, Taiga’s influence is apparent here in the technique used to create the broad, trailing contour line of the rock and the pointed bamboo leaves. Based on what is known of her stylistic development, this work is dated to around 1768.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 徳山玉瀾筆　牡丹に竹図
  • Title: Peony and Bamboo
  • Artist: Ike (Tokuyama) Gyokuran (Japanese, 1728–1784)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: ca. 1768
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 36 5/8 × 16 7/16 in. (93 × 41.7 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 68 7/8 × 22 3/16 in. (175 × 56.4 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 68 7/8 × 24 7/16 in. (175 × 62 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.300.169
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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