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Bamboo and Rocks in Clearing Skies
by Ike Taiga
Also known as: Bamboo Cliffs After Rain; Bamboo in Fine Weather after Rain
About the Artwork
The title written on this screen corresponds to one on a design in Taiga’s Brush Methods (大雅堂画法). The concept conveyed is one of scenery and spirit refreshed by precipitation. In the screen, a rain-filled stream rushes from the mountains into a river. A village is nestled amid giant bamboo in the distance. A platform-like flat rock in the foreground invites us to step into the scene.
Inscriptions
signed, titled, and sealed by the artist on the top of the left panel. Set of two seals appears once on each panel: after the signature on the left panel and lower left on the right panel. The first of the two square seals reads "ike no mumei," the second reads "sangaku doja."
Provenance
Tanaka Jiiozaemon, Tsu City, Ise Prefecture, Japan ?–1958: (Adolph Loewi [1888–1977], Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1958–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977). Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1-October 14, 1984). Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986). Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994). Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). “Bunjin” in Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 21, 2026-June 20, 2027).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)
- Date
- mid-1700s
- Medium
- Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 163.2 x 182.6 cm (64 1/4 x 71 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1958.337
More by Ike Taiga in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009261
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