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About the Artwork
A proliferation of white tree peonies dominates this composition. Behind them are tall, feathery-topped susuki grasses and leafy deciduous trees. Tatebayashi Kagei restricted his palette to ink with red and white color, along with sparing use of green in the peony leaves and the blades of grass. He made generous use of the “dripping-in” (tarashikomi) technique, layering pooled ink and color, in the peony leaves. The areas left in reserve create the impression of insect-eaten or late season foliage.
Inscriptions
lower right, Kagei's signature in black, a round red seal and a small square one.
Exhibition history
Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965). Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994). Rinpa (琳派). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Tatebayashi Kagei (Japanese, active mid-1700s)
- Date
- mid 1700s
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 90.9 x 36.2 cm (35 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Worcester R. Warner Collection
- Accession no.
- 1964.105
Provenance
?–1964: Mr. Harry C. Nail Jr. [1909–1990], El Dorado, AR, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange 1964–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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-00009687
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