Bamboo

1763-1843

Japanese, 1691 - 1774

Born 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.

Ink on paper

Overall (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)

Gift of the Seattle Chapter of Ikebana International

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Provenance: Seattle Chapter of Ikebana International; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1971

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

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