Four Gentlemen, mid 19th century, Nakabayashi Chikutō, Japanese, 1776 - 1853, 11 3/16 × 121 3/8 in. ( × cm) (image)11 3/16 × 145 15/16 in. ( × cm) (mount), Handscroll; ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, Orchids, bamboo, chrysanthemum, and plum (ran, take, kiku, and ume) are the ‘four gentlemen’ (shikunshi) revered by East Asian literati. They have been a popular subject among Chinese scholar painters since the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and nanga artists of eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan

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