Bambusoideae

Bambusoideae is a subject in art. The gallery holds 66 works in this subject in art, including works by Tesshū Tokusai, Ike (Tokuyama) Gyokuran and Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎.

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).