Minneapolis Institute of Art
Southern Mountain Bamboo
Ema SaikōLinkedCulture matchlcp-cb1beec0f3c5
- Date
- 1822
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 116760
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Ema Saikō, a leading artist and poet of her time, was particularly known for her bamboo paintings. To emulate classic Chinese works, she layered her brushstrokes in graded intensities of ink to suggest space and form. Her crisp, precise lines impart a clean and well-ordered elegance despite the complexity of the composition. Although women generally were of low status in Edo-period society, several prominent female artists, poets, and calligraphers, like Saikō, thrived. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture
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