Album of Landscape Paintings, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century, Japan, Album of fourteen paintings and one calligraphy; Ink and color on paper, Image (each): 8 7/8 x 5 7/16 in. (22.5 x 13.8 cm), Paintings, Kuwayama Gyokushū (Japanese, 1746–1799), Album paintings of landscapes allow for a representation of space that can endlessly expand even the smallest of pages deep into the imagination of the viewer. In these paintings, Gyokushū, a shipping merchant and farmer who became an artist late in life, displays a literati sensibility toward the seasons, much like his teacher, Ike Taiga (1723–1776)
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Album, Landscape Paintings, Edo period, 1615–1868, late 18th century, Japan, fourteen paintings, calligraphy, Ink, color, paper, Image, 8 7/8 x 5 7/16, 22.5 13.8 cm, Paintings, Kuwayama Gyokushū, Japanese, 1746–1799, Album, landscapes allow, representation, space, endlessly expand, even, smallest, pages deep, imagination, viewer, paintings, Gyokushū, shipping merchant, farmer, artist late, life, displays, literati sensibility, seasons, teacher, Ike Taiga, 1723–1776
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