Ike Gyokuran

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ike.
Ike Gyokuran
池 玉瀾
牡丹に竹図 - Peony and Bamboo by a Rock, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born
町 (Machi)

1727
Died1784
Other namesTokuyama Gyokuran
Occupation(s)Painter, calligrapher, and poet
Spouse
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(m. 1746; died 1776)​

Ike Gyokuran (池 玉瀾, 1727–1784) was a Japanese Bunjinga painter, calligrapher, and poet.[1][2] She was famous in Kyoto, Japan, during her lifetime, and she remains a celebrated artist in Japan. [3][4]

Gyokuran was born of a decade long affair between her mother, Yuri, and a high ranking retainer of the ruling Tokugawa shogun.[5] Her parents gave her the birth name Machi (町). As a child, she was given the art-name Gyokuran, meaning "Jewel Waves," most likely by her painting teacher Yanagisawa Kien (1707–1758).[6][5] Gyokuran married fellow artist Ike no Taiga, and she is best known by her married name Ike Gyokuran. Her surname before marriage was Tokuyama, and she is also known as Tokuyama Gyokuran.[4]

  1. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Philadelphia Museum of Art – Exhibitions – Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush". www.philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ Great Women Artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 167. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  3. ^ Smith, Roberta (2007-05-18). "Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush – Art – Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ^ a b Fischer, Felice (2007). Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-87633-198-9.
  5. ^ a b Tsjeng, Zing (2 October 2018). Forgotten women : the artists. London. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-78840-063-3. OCLC 1052898455.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Fister, Patricia (1988). Japanese Women Artists, 1600–1900. University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art. p. 74. ISBN 0-913689-25-4.