Peonies
mid 1700s
Tatebayashi Kagei
Tatebayashi Kagei (Japanese, active mid-1700s)
Japanese Art
Peonies, mid 1700s. Tatebayashi Kagei (Japanese, active mid-1700s). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 90.9 x 36.2 cm (35 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1964.105 A proliferation of white tree peonies dominates this composition. Behind them are tall, feathery-topped susuki grasses and leafy deciduous trees. Tatebayashi Kagei restricted his palette to ink with red and white color, along with sparing use of green in the peony leaves and the blades of grass. He made generous use of the “dripping-in” (tarashikomi) technique, layering pooled ink and color, in the peony leaves. The areas left in reserve create the impression of
insect-eaten or late season foliage. In 1738, Kagei received a copy made by Ogata Kōrin of a fan painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu from Kōrin's brother Ogata Kenzan, so some think he trained with Kenzan in Edo (present-day Tokyo).
insect-eaten or late season foliage. In 1738, Kagei received a copy made by Ogata Kōrin of a fan painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu from Kōrin's brother Ogata Kenzan, so some think he trained with Kenzan in Edo (present-day Tokyo).
- Maker/Artist
- Tatebayashi Kagei
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 90.9 x 36.2 cm (35 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: lower right, Kagei's signature in black, a round red seal and a small square one.
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.105
- Credit Line
- Worcester R. Warner Collection
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1964), Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan, Rinpa (琳派) (Japanese gallery rotation) 235, <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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