At leisure in a lakeside grove in autumn” 1850 Hine Taizan A scholar sits in his hermitage overlooking a lake in autumn. The setting, though not identified, evokes Chinese precedents, and is characteristic of Hine Taizan’s landscape paintings, done in a controlled, precise manner.Taizan was born in Hine village in Izumi province (present-day Izumi-sano City in Osaka), arrived in Kyoto in 1837 at age 24, and remained active in the capital until his death at age 57 in 1869. Early on he studied with the Kano school painter T?da Eiun ????in Osaka. Some sources say that Nukina Kaioku became his teacher of calligraphy and painting for a while. He also became acquainted with the merchant and scholar of classical Japanese literature Satoi Fukyu???? who lived in his hometown of Izumi. Fukyu had a large collection of paintings and calligraphy, and also through Fukyu was introduced to the important Nanga painter Okada Hank?, with whom he studied.. At leisure in a lakeside grove in autumn”. Hine