Landscape

late 1700s-early 1800s

Totoki Baigai

Totoki Baigai (Japanese, 1749–1804)

Japanese Art

Landscape, late 1700s-early 1800s. Totoki Baigai (Japanese, 1749–1804). Leaf from a pair of folding-albums; ink and light color on paper; sheet: 24 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.117.1.4 In 1790 Totoki Baigai received permission to visit the closed port city of Nagasaki, where one could meet actual Chinese painters, but, after overstaying his permit, Baigai lost his job.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Totoki Baigai
Classification: Portfolio
Formatted Medium: leaf from a pair of folding-albums; ink and light color on paper
Medium: leaf, from, pair, folding-albums, ink, light, color, paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 24 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1972.117.1.4
Credit Line: Gift of Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom, in memory of Elizabeth B. Blossom
Exhibitions: Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); October 26, 2003 -
Rights Statement: CC0