Lot 171: Ike Taiga (1723-1776)

Zhuang Zi dreaming of a butterfly
Signed Kasho, sealed Kasho and Zenshin Somagata kyuso, the poem by Hagetsu, signed Hagetsu so, sealed Jikishi ninshin and kao
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
16 1/8 x 21 7/8in. (41 x 55.5cm.)

Tokyo National Museum, "Nihon no bunjinga ten/Exhibition of Japanese Literati Painting," 1965.10.21-11.14

PUBLISHED:
Kosugi Hoan et al., eds., Ike Taiga gafu (Ike Taiga painting album) (Tokyo: Chuokoron bijutsu shuppan, 1957), no. 508.

Kosugi Hoan, Tanaka Ichimatsu and Yamanaka Rankei, eds., Ike no Taiga sakuhinshu/The Works of Ike-no Taiga (Tokyo: Chuo koron bijutsu shuppan, 1960), no. 508.

Tokyo National Museum, ed., Nihon no bunjinga ten/Exhibition of Japanese Literati Painting (Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1960), no. 93.

Stephen Addiss, Zenga and Nanga (New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1976), pl. 37.

Ishii Gunji, Tokyo

The poem by Hagetsu reads: Koe araba hito wa nesaseshi tobu kocho (If it had a voice it would let people sleep--a flying butterfly).