Autumn Contentment, Nukina Kaioku; Lan Ying

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Nukina Kaioku; Lan Ying, Autumn Contentment
Nukina Kaioku; Lan Ying, Autumn Contentment
Nukina Kaioku ,
Autumn Contentment
after 1848
Nukina Kaioku
1778–1863
1585–circa 1664
Autumn Contentment, after 1848
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color; silk
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 178.9 x 50.8 cm
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 225.8 x 67.7 cm
Roller Dimensions (Width x Diameter): 29 5/8 x 1 1/4
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 70 7/16 x 20 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 88 7/8 x 26 5/8 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 1990.0068
Not on display
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These two scrolls are both copies of a painting by the seventeenth century Chinese artist Lan Ying. Forbidden to travel abroad, Japanese artists of the Edo period (1600-1868) interested in literati painting avidly studied imported Chinese paintings and woodblock books. Following traditional learning methods, they honed their skills by making copies. After mastering the basic modes of structuring compositions and applying brushwork, artists would naturally form their own personal styles.

The landscapes in the manner of Lan Ying by Kaioku and Baiitsu are not just study pieces, but regarded as finished paintings. They can be compared to two different opera singers performing the same famous aria. While at first glance the paintings seem similar, individual touches in brushwork are evident.