Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters (1847): Art, History and Details

Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters (1847) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

As the title of this album suggests, Tsubaki Chinzan painted each of the landscapes included in the album after interpretations of the styles of old masters by Chinese painter Zhai Dakun (翟大坤, active 1730–1804). In addition to the painted compositions, he also copied the inscriptions on Zhai Dakun's paintings.

Object facts

• Title: Copy of Zhai Dakun's Landscapes in the Styles of Old Masters
• Date: 1847
• Creator attribution: Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Portfolio
• Technique: album of 10 leaves; ink and color on silk
• Dimensions: Overall: 47.7 x 34.6 cm (18 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.); Painting only: 41 x 31.5 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1985.251

A detail from the museum

The album that inspired Tsubaki Chinzan is also in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.49.

Collection credit

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

Further reading listed by the museum

• Yamanouchi, Chōzō 山內長三. Nihon nangashi 日本南画史 [The history of Japanese nanga painting]. Tōkyō: 瑠璃書房: 発売 六興出版, 1981.
• “Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.

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