Bamboo, Watanabe Gentai

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Watanabe Gentai, Bamboo
Watanabe Gentai, Bamboo
Bamboo
late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1749–1822
Bamboo, late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: ink; paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 61 x 227 mm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 126.4 x 33.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 2 3/8 x 8 15/16 in
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 49 3/4 x 13 1/4 in
Credit line: Anonymous gift
Accession number: 1990.0188
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Gentai was a skillful artist who lived and worked in Edo. Here his brushwork is bold and gestural, displaying varying ink tones. It is interesting to compare this scroll to the bamboo handscroll by Tani Bunchō, since Gentai was Bunchō's teacher.