Japanese Bamboo by Yamamoto Baiitsu Bottom Henry Hu subtle colour washes

subtle colour washes

contemplative way that defined early 20th-century Japanese landscape art — quiet power rendered with exceptional precision

atmosphere

pale greens

flat washes

Japanese Bamboo by Yamamoto Baiitsu Bottom Henry Hu subtle colour washesJapanese 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