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Bamboo Shoots

Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a vertical, rectangular piece of artwork. The artwork is mostly a light-brown color. The artwork has a thin beige border at the top and bottom. The left side of the artwork features dense, black, vertical Japanese writing. The writing starts near the top and ends near the bottom. There is one character near the top-right corner. The bottom-right corner has a simple, black drawing of three bamboo shoots. The artwork has a thick, dark-brown border with a blue floral pattern. The background behind the artwork is white.

Artwork details

Date:
1820
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
279 × 624 px
Museum record:
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