Bamboo
Date1763-1843
Maker
Taiho Shokon
Japanese, 1691 - 1774
Label TextBorn in China, Dapeng Zhengkun, a monk of the Ōbaku sect of Zen, arrived in 1722 in Nagasaki in western Japan, where his name is pronounced Taihō Shōkon. He later lived in Japan’s imperial capital, Kyoto, south of which is located the Ōbaku sect’s monastic headquarters, Manpukuji. Serving two separate tenures as abbot of this temple, he was a prolific painter and especially celebrated for his pictures of bamboo.
Object number71.62
ProvenanceSeattle Chapter of Ikebana International; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1971
Credit LineGift of the Seattle Chapter of Ikebana International
DimensionsOverall (w/ mounting, hanging braid & endknobs)): 84 7/16 × 32 3/8 in. (214.5 × 82.3 cm)
Image: 52 11/16 × 23 1/2 in. (133.8 × 59.7 cm)
Width (without endknobs): 29 5/16 in. (74.5 cm)
MediumInk on paper
log in
