Japanese Bamboo by Yamamoto Baiitsu Bottom Henry Hu Available framed or unframed

Available framed or unframed

The composition deliberately exceeds botanical convention: here

pale greens

flat washes

nostalgic without being sentimental

Japanese Bamboo by Yamamoto Baiitsu Bottom Henry Hu Available framed or unframedJapanese Bamboo reflects the bird and flower painting tradition of Yamamoto Baiitsu, one of the most highly regarded Nanga (literati) painters of the Edo period, working from the Owari domain. Baiitsu combined ink wash with delicate colour washes and elegant, sinuous contours a style so accomplished that two of his works have since been designated Important Cultural Properties in Japan. Bamboo, a recurring literati subject, is rendered here with