Ike no Taiga

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Ike no Taiga ( Japanese 池 大雅 ; * May 6, 1723 in Kyōto ; † May 30, 1776 ibid) was a Japanese painter of the Nanga style.

Names

Ike no Taiga's real family name was Ikeno ( 池 野 ). His real names ( imina ) were Kō ( 耕 ), Kin ( 勤 ) and Arina ( 無名 , "nameless"), his childhood name ( yōmyō ) Matajirō ( 又 次郎 ), his adult names ( azana ) Shishoku ( 子 職 ), Kōbin ( 公 敏) ), as well as Kasei ( 貸 成 ) and his nickname Shūhei ( 秋 平 ). Other artist names besides Taiga were u. a. Shisei ( 子 井 ), Iryū ( 為 竜 ), Kaan ( 葭 庵 ), Kyūka ( 九 霞 ), Kyūkasanshū ( 九 霞山 樵 ), Kashō ( 霞 樵 ), Chikkyō ( 竹 居 ), 玉梅 , Sangakudōsha ( 三 岳 道者 ), Taikadō ( 待 賈 堂 ), Taigadō ( 大雅 堂 ) and Shūkidō ( 袖 亀 堂 ).

Live and act

Taiga was born in poor conditions in Kyoto. Even in his early youth he showed quick comprehension and a talent for painting. At the age of five he already practiced reciting Buddhist texts ( 素 読 , Sodoku ) with Kazuki Bōan and studied calligraphy with Six at the Ōbaku - Zen temple of Manpuku-ji , where Abbot Kōdō praised his skills. At fourteen he received his father's name, Hishiya Kazaemon ( 菱 屋 嘉 左衛 門 ) or Ikeno Kazaemon ( 池 野 嘉 左衛 門 ), from 1642 he called himself Taiga. At that time he lived in the Nijō-Hinokuchi district of Kyoto and earned his living with fan painting in the Chinese style, which he had appropriated from a Chinese instruction book for painting, "Hasshu Gafu" ( 八種 画風 ). He was also interested in painting from the Tosa School and studied with Yanagisawa Kien (1704–1758), a highly interested high samurai from the Kōriyama - han who was mainly active in painting. He was also influenced by Gion Nankai (1677–1751).

At the age of twenty-five, Taiga had found his style, which was now clearly under the influence of Chinese literary painting. He combined this with studies of nature, for which he traveled to Japan. At forty he was at his peak and occupied himself with large-format works. His pictures on sliding doors ( fusuma-e ) in Henjōkō-in ( 遍照 光 院 ) on Mount Kōya , in the temple Jishō-ji ( 自 性 寺 ) in Nakatsu and in Manpuku-ji date from this time . With Yosa Buson , he created the collection of leaves based on the Chinese model, “Ten Comforts - Ten Pleasures” ( 十 便 十 宜 帖 , Jūben jūgi chō ), which is now owned by the Kawabata Yasunari Museum and has been recognized as a national treasure .

Taiga died at the age of 53, his grave is in Jōkō-ji (Kyōto). His wife Gyokuran ( 玉 瀾 ; 1727–1784) was also a painter.

Image selection

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  Fusuma-e in Kongōbu-ji

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  Daihi Pavilion

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  Evening snow (fan)

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  From the "Ten Conveniences"

Remarks

1. ↑ 池 大雅 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved November 1, 2014 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Daihi Pavilion ( 大悲 閣 , Daihikaku ) is a place of worship for Saint Kannon . This one is in northern Japan.

literature

• Tazawa Yutaka: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 . P. 98 ff.

Web links

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