Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid
1834
Yamamoto Baiitsu
Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856)
Japanese Art
Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid, 1834. Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783–1856). Hanging scroll; ink on silk; painting only: 172.4 x 79 cm (67 7/8 x 31 1/8 in.); including mounting: 252.7 x 105.4 cm (99 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1975.93 This painting represents three of the plants known as the Four Gentlemen of Chinese painting; it lacks only autumn’s chrysanthemum. The plants’ characteristics are symbols of Confucian virtues, such as open-mindedness (bamboo), strength in the face of adversity (plum), and humility (orchid).
- Maker/Artist
- Yamamoto Baiitsu
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 172.4 x 79 cm (67 7/8 x 31 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 252.7 x 105.4 cm (99 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: date and signature at lower left.
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.93
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1975, Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting, Scholar's Studio, The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017, Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113); December 4, 2203 - March 18, 2004.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 76
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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