Double Album of Landscape Studies after Ikeno Taiga, Volume 2 (leaf 6), Aoki Shukuya, 1700

Traditionally, young painters in japan began their studies with an established master-painter. The master's compositions invariably became models that the apprentice copied to learn various ink and brush techniques. Shukuya was a pupil of the famous kyoto artist ikeno taiga, whose style is reflected in these sketches of rocks, trees, and mountains. Object Type: portfolio. Date: 1700. Place of creation: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Dimensions: Album, closed: 28.3 x 33 cm (11 1/8 x 13 in.). Medium: ink and light color on paper. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Aoki Shukuya - Double Album of Landscape Studies after Ikeno Taiga, Volume 2 (leaf 6) - 1979.73.2.6 - Cleveland Museum of Art