Subject

Bamboo

元 錢選 王羲之觀鵝圖 卷|Wang Xizhi watching geese — Qian Xuan

Bamboo is a subject in art. The gallery holds 154 works in this subject in art, including works by Ike no Taiga, Sesson Shūkei and Qian Xuan.

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of Dendrocalamus sinicus having individual stalks (culms) reaching a length of 46 meters (151 ft), up to 36 centimeters (14 in) in diameter and a weight of up to 450 kilograms (1,000 lb).

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