Bamboo in Snow

1774

Not on view

The interplay of word and image is a firmly established Chinese tradition that Japanese artists have also cultivated. Taihō, who twice served as abbot of the Manpukuji Temple (headquarters of the Ōbaku Zen sect in Kyoto), is noted for his paintings of bamboo. Another Chinese émigré monk and Manpukuji abbot, Hakujun Shōkō, composed the following poem at the age of eighty to accompany Taihō’s painting:

Bamboo expands,
putting forth bamboo shoots,
over thick green leaves.
Let a man contemplate
the virtues of bamboo:
elegance, strength, and firmness,
and purify the roots of his karma.

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大鵬正鯤筆　伯珣照浩賛　雪竹図
Title: Bamboo in Snow
Artist: Taihō Shōkon (1691–1774)
Artist: Calligrapher: Hakujun Shōkō (1695–1776)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1774
Culture: Japan
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on silk
Dimensions: Image (each): 47 1/2 in. × 20 in. (120.7 × 50.8 cm)
Overall with mounting (each): 73 3/8 × 25 3/8 in. (186.4 × 64.5 cm)
Overall with knobs (each): 73 3/8 × 27 5/8 in. (186.4 × 70.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Object Number: 1975.268.80a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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