Bamboo in the snow

Object Details

• Artist

  Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭 (1851-1918)

• Description

  Hanging scroll, paulownia inner box with inscribed lid, stained/lacquered wood outer box end with end door.

• Signatures

  Signature: Seitei (省亭)

• Marks

  Seal: Seitei (省亭)

• Inscriptions

  Inscription on inner storage box lid.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Toshio and Yuka Fujikura in memory of Tome Fujikura

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Watanabe, Seitei

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Winter, Snow, Japanese Art, Bamboo

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings