高橋草坪筆　牡丹図|Peony

Takahashi Sōhei

19th century · Folding fan; ink on paper · Asian Art

Sōhei, born into a merchant family in Bungo-han (present-day Oita Prefecture), began studying at age nineteen with the Nanga painter Tanomura Chikuden (1777–1835). Sōhei was known for his highly individual style of painting. By the nineteenth century, Confucian literati culture flourished among all classes in Japan; the ferment of ideas and expression it fostered led to the political upheaval at mid-century that created the Meiji state.

Artist

Takahashi Sōhei

Date

19th century

Medium

Folding fan; ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975