Bamboo and Rocks by a Stream, 墨竹扇面図, Edo period (1615–1868), 1832, Japan, Folding fan; ink on paper, wood ribs, Overall: 11 5/16


Bamboo and Rocks by a Stream, 墨竹扇面図, Edo period (1615–1868), 1832, Japan, Folding fan; ink on paper, wood ribs, Overall: 11 5/16 x 18 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Takaku Aigai (Japanese, 1796–1843), Bending without breaking, bamboo embodies the Confucian value of righteousness. Its slender, supple stems were appreciated as calligraphic forms and were of perennial interest to Chinese and Japanese painters of the literati tradition


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