Fishing in a Springtime Valley
Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)
1700s
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 124 x 49.4 cm (48 13/16 x 19 7/16 in.); Mounted: 210 x 62.9 cm (82 11/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Though Ike Taiga first made a living after his father's early death by selling paintings on fans, he found a place within Kyoto's literati community and became one of its leading figures. In this colorful work, a river flows down from a mountain village, passing through farms on its way to the fishing town nestled in trees and bamboo along the banks in the foreground. Two people set out in a boat on the calm water where the river expands.
