Pine and Poem Gifts, second half 19th century, Yamanaka Shinten'ō, Japanese, 1822 - 1885, 24 1/4 × 23 7/8 in. ( × cm) (image, image 1)78 × 30 9/16 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and colors on crepe paper, Japan, 19th century, A gnarled pine tree curves as if stretching its few pine cone-bearing branches, while lingzhi (Jp. reishi) mushrooms grow from its base. In East Asia, both pines and lingzhi mushrooms were considered auspicious symbols

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