Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain, Sugai Baikan

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Sugai Baikan, Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain
Sugai Baikan, Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain
Sugai Baikan
Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain
1829, Edo period (1600–1868)
Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain, 1829, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: ink; color; silk
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 129.4 x 47.8 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 50 15/16 x 18 13/16 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 203.4 x 61.6 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 80 1/16 x 24 1/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hutchinson
Accession number: 1986.0088
Not on display
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Summer Mountains in Clearing Rain reflects the austere personality of Baikan. A native of Sendai, he moved to Edo and studied painting with Tani Buncho, a practitioner of numerous styles. Baikan, interested in a purer literati style, then moved to Nagasaki and became a friend and follower of the Chinese merchant-painter Chiang Chia-p'u. This painting clearly resembles the elaborate landscapes of Chiang. The proficient use of small horizontal accent strokes to enliven the surface of the rocks and the long dry strokes to describe their corporality are elements of the Chinese literati style.

Exhibitions

Japanese Quest for a New Vision: The Impact of Visiting Chinese Painters, 1600-1900
1986