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Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid
Yamamoto Baiitsu1834
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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).
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- Title: Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid
- Creator: Yamamoto Baiitsu (Japanese, 1783-1856)
- Date Created: 1834
- Physical 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.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.93
- Medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Inscriptions: date and signature at lower left.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1975.93
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