Enjoying the Moon in a Riverside Cottage

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Enjoying the Moon in a Riverside Cottage

1765

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)

Taiga used dark ink in this sketch of two men in a cottage. A lone pine reaches upward into the cloudless expanse of the sky. The moon is not visible, unless the round seal stamped on the upper left is Taiga's playful reference to it. The verse he chose is by the famed Chinese writer Bo Juyi (772-846):

A Friend Visits at Night
Beneath the eaves, on mat in pure breeze;
Below the pines, a cup in moonlight:
The joys of seclusion are just this way,
And even better now a friend's in sight!

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Object Details

Title:

Enjoying the Moon in a Riverside Cottage

Date:

1765

Artist:

Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)

Medium:

Ink on paper; mounted as a hanging scroll

Dimensions:

Painting: 12 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (32.4 x 30.8 cm) Mount: 42 x 20 3/8 inches (106.7 x 51.8 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, 1968

Accession Number:

1968-8-1

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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