Bamboo in Snow 1774 Taih? Sh?kon Chinese The interplay of word and image is a firmly established Chinese tradition that Japanese artists have also cultivated. Taih?, who twice served as abbot of the Manpukuji Temple (headquarters of the ?baku Zen sect in Kyoto), is noted for his paintings of bamboo. Another Chinese émigré monk and Manpukuji abbot, Hakujun Sh?k?, composed the following poem at the age of eighty to accompany Taih?’s painting:Bamboo expands, putting forth bamboo shoots, over thick green a man contemplatethe virtues of bamboo: elegance, strength, and firmness,and purify
Bamboo in Snow 1774 Taih? Sh?kon Chinese The interplay of word and image is a firmly established Chinese tradition that Japanese artists have also cultivated. Taih?, who twice served as abbot of the Manpukuji Temple (headquarters of the ?baku Zen sect in Kyoto), is noted for his paintings of bamboo. Another Chinese émigré monk and Manpukuji abbot, Hakujun Sh?k?, composed the following poem at the age of eighty to accompany Taih?’s painting:Bamboo expands, putting forth bamboo shoots, over thick green a man contemplatethe virtues of bamboo: elegance, strength, and firmness,and purify the roots of his Bamboo in Snow. Taih? Sh?kon (1691–1774). Japan. 1774. Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk. Edo period (1615–1868). Paintings
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