Bamboo and Chicks

1797 (Edo)

39.3 cm 198.7 cm

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Through careful variation of the tone of his ink, Rosetsu conveys the segmented and bristling nature of a young stand of bamboo. The bare paper becomes the air and the ground upon which his tiny chicks play. Like its companion image of "Rooster, Hen, and Pines," (Walters 35.21...

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Owned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg, Bethesda, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1997.
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Maruyama
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