We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Title

Playing 'go' in the mountain grotto

late 1760s

Artist

Ike-no Taiga

Japan

1723 – 1776

Alternate image of Playing 'go' in the mountain grotto by Ike-no Taiga

  • Details

    Other Title
    Playing go by a mountain stream
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    late 1760s
    Media categories
    Scroll , Painting
    Materials used
    hanging scroll: ink and light colour on paper
    Dimensions
    132.7 x 27.02m image; 205.0 x 47.0 x 454.4 cm scroll
    Signature & date

    Signed u.r.corner, in Japanese [stamped in red ink] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
    Signed u.r., in Japanese [inscribed in ink] "[yet to be translated] [two artist's seals]". Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased 1980
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    135.1980
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Ike-no Taiga

    Works in the collection

    2

    Share

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication

Other works by Ike-no Taiga