Landscape in Ni Tsan Style / Hine Taizan
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- Accession Number
- 1983/2.247
- Title
- Landscape in Ni Tsan Style
- Artist
- Hine Taizan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1813-1869
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on silk
- Object Creation Date
- 1867
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- literati, ink
- Inscription
- Signed: Hineno;
- Three seals of the artist: Seiten hakujitsu kozan taisen (blue sky, white sun; lofty mountain, great river, at upper right corner); Zansei-ji taiko, Nitsucho-nyo shonen (The mountain in tranquality looks like it is in the ancient times; a long, long day is as if a short year. After signature)
- Inscription: Ni Zan dvocated that painting should be painted with free brushes and light ink. The untrammelled strokes are not executed for the purpose of realistic depiction. To paint is only to amuse oneself. This is the true "archaic taste." Therefore, I painted after him. Fall, Aug. 8, 1867.
- Also translated: Ni Yunlin [a.k.a. Ni Zan, 1301–1374] advocated that painting should be done with free brushes and light inks. Untrammeled brushwork does not seek to imitate reality; [painting] is done to amuse oneself. This is true “archaic taste.” Therefore [I have done this painting] following his intent. 1867, autumn, 8th month. Hine.
- Dimensions
- 174.5 cm x 86 cm (68 11/16 in. x 33 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- A lone pavilion sits among trees in the foreground. Birds flock nearby, and in the background are more trees and rocky formations. Calligraphic texts in in the upper right corner.
- Subject Matter
- This landscape is in direct homage to Ni Zan, one of the so-called “four masters” of Yuan literati painting. Ni was known for his fastidious personality, which is reflected in his spare compositions—often split between a foreground island with an empty pavilion and distant hills—and his grudging use of ink. Ni’s paintings tend to be relatively small works on paper that communicate as deeply personal statements; here, Taizan elevates Ni’s style to iconic and public status by reworking it at a monumental scale.
- Primary Keywords
- birds
- boats
- buildings
- calligraphy
- hanging scroll
- hills
- huts
- japan
- landscapes
- mountains
- pavilions
- rocks
- trees
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- animals
- animals and creatures
- architecture
- asia
- asian
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- forms
- garden structures
- geography
- image-making processes and techniques
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- locality
- making art
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- processes and techniques
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- single built works
- single built works by location or context
- single built works by specific type
- text-based art
- the natural world
- transportation vehicles
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vehicles
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- waterscapes
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 721 x 1395
- File Size
- 86 KB
- Record
- 1983/2.247
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"Landscape in Ni Tsan Style; Hine Taizan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.247/1983_2.247.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
