Bamboo drawn in the Suiboku Method

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• Reference NumberSP-40134
• Title" Suiboku Bamboo & Kanji Poem "
• PainterKusaba Haisen (1787 - 1867)

  Kanshi poet and Confucian scholar at the latter part of the Edo period.
  Liege of the Taku family, Samurai chief retainer of Saga Domain.
  Haisen studied Confucianism under Koga Seiri.
  In 1811, at Tsushima Island, Haisen achieved distinction by conversating in Kanshi poems with the emissary from Korea.
  Later, Haisen became a professor of the Kodo-Kan School of Saga Domain.
  He was good at making Kanji poems and drawing Bamboos in the Suiboku painting method (=depict objects using only Japanese brush and black Sumi ink).
  He deceased in the previous year of the Meiji Restoration at the age of 81.

• Signature & SealYes
• Part of DepictingJapanese Paper, 128 x 46 cm ( 50.4 x 18 inches )
• MountingSilk, 208 x 61 cm ( 82 x 24 inches )
• Roller End MaterialEbony Wood
• BoxWood Box
• Description

  This scroll may have been re-mounted.
  There are some folds.
  There are stains to some extent on the painting part.
  As a whole, the condition of this scroll is so-so.
  Although, bamboo are drawn simply and tastefully using Japanese Fude brush and black Sumi ink.
  A Kanji poem is also written at the top.

• Price USD 180
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  San Kanji Poem & Signature
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  Roller End
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  In Wooden Box