The Burke Collection
Discussion under Pine Tree about the Vicissitudes of Time (松下論古); Summer Mountains in the Rain (夏山浴雨); Fishing Boat at Reed-Covered Bank (葭汀釣舟); Evening Glow in Mountain Village (郊村返照)
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Artist

Ike Taiga

(池大雅; 1723–1776)

Catalogue information

Edo period

Four paintings and five calligraphies from an album, each mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper

Each scroll 23 x 37 cm (9 x 14 5/8 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Ex Coll.: Nozoe Heibei, Kyoto, and Wakamura Genzaemon, Shiga Prefecture (calligraphy)

Literature

Tanaka Ichimatsu et al. 1957–59, no. 197 (paintings only)
Tanaka Ichimatsu, Yamanaka Rankei, and Kosugi Hōan [Tanaka Ichimatsu et al.]
1957–59
[Editors]. Ike Taiga sakuhin gafu (The works of Ike Taiga). 5 vols. Tokyo: Chūōkōron Bijutsu Shuppan.

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Murase 1975, no. 69
Murase, Miyeko
1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Suzuki Susumu and Sasaki Jōhei 1979, pl. 61
Suzuki Susumu and Sasaki Jōhei
1979
Ike Taiga. Nihon bijutsu kaiga zenshū (Survey of Japanese painting), 18. Tokyo: Shūeisha.

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Tsuji Nobuo 1980, nos. 13–16
Tsuji Nobuo
1980
[Editor]. Bunjinga, shoha (Literati painting and other schools). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 6. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.

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Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 51
Tokyo National Museum
1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 90
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Murase 2000, no. 158
Murase, Miyeko
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 108.
Tsuji Nobuo et al.
2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.

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See also

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 325–328 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.

Additional details

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Discussion under Pine Tree about the Vicissitudes of Time

Seals

Sekisen; Mumei; Taisei

Text

by Minagawa Kien (1734–1807)

As we discuss history through thousands of years, / cast shadows in the mountains shift across. / Rights and wrongs are nothing constant, / which the towering pines alone understand. / An inscription for Ike Mumei’s Discussion under Pine Tree about the Vicissitudes of Time.

Signature

Written by Minagawa Gen

Seals

Kien; Minagawa Gen in; Hakkyōshi

Summer Mountains in the Rain

Seals

Mumei; Taisei; Sekisen

Text

by Ōkubo Shibutsu (1766–1837)

In free-flowing ink, moist with rich fragrance, / a scene of mountains after rain is painted in the Mi style. / Who knows that the magical hand of the Creator / is contained in the inch-long brush tip! / An inscription for Kashō Sanjin’s Summer Mountains in the Rain.

Signature

Shibutsu Gyō

Seals

Shisei Sōdō; Shibutsu

Text

by Shinozaki Shōchiku (1781–1851)

A dog day swarming with bugs, / a view of mountains humid with waterdrops. / Emerald luster fresh from the rain, / cool air reaching the world of man. / Inscribed on the twentieth day of the seventh lunar month of 1832. It was extremely hot after a whole month without rain. I spread the painting and composed the poem with joy.

Signature

Written by Shōchiku Sanjin

Seals

Chikufū; Shinozaki Hitsu; Shōchikusai

Fishing Boat at Reed-Covered Bank

Seals

Sekisen; Mumei; Taisei

Text

by Kameda Bōsai (1752–1826)

A fishing boat on a chilly stream, / wilted reeds in the gasping wind. / Where shall I return after winding up the fish line? / Perhaps to the gathering of a literary society. / An inscription for Kashō’s Fishing Boat at Reed-Covered Bank.

Signature

Bōsai Rōjin

Seals

Tenkyo Kanjin; Chōkō Shi in; Bōsai

Evening Glow in a Mountain Village

Seals

Mumei; Taisei; Sekisen

Text

by Rokunyo (1737–1801)

Misty trees, beveled bridge, sunset over the bay, / a village of people fond of ancient accoutrements. / Unaware of being the subject of a spectacle, / they have been secretly turned into paintings by outsiders.

Signature

Inscribed by Rokunyo

Seals

Sacred temples appear at the tip of the brush; Shaku Jishū in; Rokunyo


Supplementary Transcriptions

Discussion under Pine Tree about the Vicissitudes of Time (松下論古)

Seals

石鼎; 無名; 貸成 [These three seals repeat in varying order on all four paintings.]

Text

相對論千古﹐
山中落景移。
是非無物定﹐
唯有喬松知。

Signature

題池無名《松下論古圖》，皆川愿書。

Seals

皆川愿印（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
伯恭氏（白文方印）(intaglio, square)

　　

Summer Mountains in the Rain (夏山浴雨)

Text

墨色淋漓香欲滴﹐
寫成米樣雨餘山。
誰知造化炎涼手﹐
渾在毫端一寸間。

Signature

題霞樵山人《夏山浴雨圖》。詩佛行。

Seals

詩聖草堂（白文長方印）(intaglio, rectangle)
詩佛（朱文長方印）(relief, rectangle)

[second calligraphy]

Text

三伏蟲蟲日﹐
一看滴滴山。
翠光方雨後﹐
涼氣及人間。

Signature

壬辰七月廿日題。經月不雨﹐熱甚﹐展圖喜賦。小竹散人弼

Seals

竹風（朱文橢圓印） (relief, oval)
筱崎弼（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
小竹齋（白文方印）(intaglio, square)

Fishing Boat at Reed-Covered Bank (葭汀釣舟)

Text

寒江一漁舟﹐
枯荻風噲噲。
收綸何處歸﹐
應赴汐社會。

Signature

題霞樵畫《葭汀釣舟圖》。鵬齋老人

Seals

天許閒人（白文長方印）(intaglio, rectangle)
長興私印（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
鵬齋（朱文長方印）(relief, rectangle)

Evening Glow in Mountain Village (郊村返照)

Text

烟樹斜橋落照灣﹐
一邨樂住古衣冠。
身佔風光何自覺﹐
外人偷作畫圖看。

Signature

六如題。

Seals

毫端現寶剎（白文長方印）(intaglio, rectangle)
釋慈周印（朱文方印）(relief, square)
六如（白文長方印）(intaglio, rectangle)