1822／Color on silk, hanging scroll
160.0 x 110.4 cm
ART OF THE REAL Transcendent Expression from Jakuchu to Warhol and Richter
Exhibition period：Sunday March 30～Sunday June 15, 2025
Loan period：Sunday March 30～Sunday May 11, 2025
Tottori Prefectural Museum of Art (Tottori, Japan)
SUMMARY
The plank roads in the high mountains and deep valleys of Sichuan are splendidly depicted. In the rough lines of ink making up the rocky mountains, you can see the features of hokushu-ga (“Northern style painting”) that Buncho incorporated. Surrounding the rider and horse traveling the mountain path are trees colored in ultramarine, verdigris, and red ochre, adding warmth to the solid surface of the painting. The year it was painted marked Buncho’s 60th birthday, but there are no signs of decline to be found; rather, it suggests an abundance of vitality. Though it originates from a period highly criticized as one of overproduction, when he was nicknamed “Tori Buncho” (literally “bird Buncho”, referring to his chicken-scratch signature), this piece, made with all his might, dismisses that assessment.
ARTIST
Tani Buncho
1763-1840
Born in Edo. Studied at first under Kato Bunrei, and later Watanabe Gentai. With the philosophy of hasshu kengaku (studying all eight schools of Buddhist learning at once), he studied a wide variety of styles, including Chinese and Western painting as well as the Tosa, Rimpa, and Maruyama Shijo schools. He entered government service in 1788. He later became an attendant to senior councilor Matsudaira Sadanobu, and was involved in the production of Koyo Tansho Zukan (a collection of scenic spots) and Shuko Jisshu (Ten Kinds of Collected Antiquities). He also interacted with many writers such as Kimura Kenkado. He demonstrated a varied style which blended the characteristics of different schools of painting. He had many disciples including Watanabe Kazan, and created a new school of nanga painting in the Kanto region. He died at 78.
List of artworks by the same artist
INFORMATION
Sunday, March 30 - Sunday, June 15, 2025
ART OF THE REAL Transcendent Expression from Jakuchu to Warhol and Richter Tottori Prefectural Museum of Art (Tottori, Japan)
Friday, October 8 - Sunday, November 14, 2021
From the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection: “THIS IS JAPAN” Eternal Japanese Art Oita Art Museum (Oita, Japan)
Monday, June 1 - Sunday, July 5, 2020
Great Masters of Japanese Painting from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Shimane Art Museum (Shimane, Japan)
Sunday, August 25 - Sunday, September 29, 2019
This Is Japan In Kyoto From The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection The Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, May 27, 2018
OEDO EXHIBITION NAGASAKI Nagasaki Prefectual Art Museum (Nagasaki, Japan)
Friday, July 28 - Saturday, August 26, 2017
Edo Period Paintings 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan)
Wednesday, July 3 - Sunday, August 25, 2013
Tani Buncho: Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of his Birth Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
Saturday, March 16 - Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Nihon-ga Masterpieces of Tokyo Fuji Art Museum The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Niigata, Japan)
Saturday, May 22 - Sunday, June 20, 2010
Yokoku & Gentan Tottori Prefectural Museum (Tottori, Japan)
Thursday, August 24 - Sunday, November 19, 2006
Treasures of Japanese Art from the TFAM Collection The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Curitiba, Brazil)
Friday, May 1 - Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Treasures of Japanese Arts and Crafts—400 Years of Japanese Art from the Momoyama Period to Modernity National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei, Taiwan)
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