Bamboo

Artwork · Ki-en · mid 18th century · kakemono

A finger painting by Ki-en (1704–1758), son of the chief retainer of the Yanagisawa family: a single stalk arcs downward across indigo-dyed paper, its leaves in pale green; his signature in gold and seals in red stabilize the composition. 1 Mason 2005, p. 328, fig. 382. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.