Two Sketches by Ike No Taiga – Artist from Edo Period
Met Museum (Click on + to see Meng Jia Loses His Hat (left); The Chinese Poet Su Shi (right))
Ike No Taiga:Influence of the Middle Kingdom and humble background
Ike No Taiga :True View (Japan Times) travel painter.
‘The Genius of Ike no Taiga: Carefree Traveler, Legendary Painter,” at Kyoto National Museum, is magisterial. Edo Period (1603-1868) Kyoto teemed with big name painters, but Taiga (1723-1776) was superlative.