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白繻子地墨竹図打掛 祇園南海筆, Overrobe (Uchikake) with Bamboo, Gion Nankai, first half of the 18th century
白繻子地墨竹図打掛 祇園南海筆, Overrobe (Uchikake) with Bamboo, Edo period (1615–1868), first half of the 18th century, Japan, Ink and gold powder on silk satin, Overall: 64 3/4 x 48 7/8 in. ( x cm), Costumes, Gion Nankai (Japanese, 1677–1751), This rare uchikake is the work of Gion Nankai, a well-known poet and artist of the early Nanga movement. Bamboo, vividly painted here in light and dark ink and enhanced with a mist of gold powder, was a favored theme of Nanga artists, who were largely based in the Kyoto area and often had backgrounds in Confucian studies and Chinese literati theory
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