Mibu Kyogen
Mibu Kyogen

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Mibu Kyogen

Ike Taiga 池大雅, 1723–1776; born and died Kyoto, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2020-386

Information

Title
Mibu Kyogen
Maker
Ike Taiga 池大雅
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 115.7 × 22.6 cm (45 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Gitter-Yelen Collection and Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund
Object Number
2020-386
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Inscribed: “Where water does not gather, The moon does not dwell.” - Translated by Stephen Addiss
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals: 怪々奇々不伝一能 Kaikai kiki fusen ichinō; 玉皇香案吏 Gyokkō Kōanri
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
hanging scroll, calligraphy (writing), paintings, scroll paintings
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Techniques
painting (image-making)
Subject
gongs, people, musicians

1996–2020 Gitter-Yelen Collection (New Orleans, LA), by gift and sold to the Princeton University art Museum, 2020.

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