Frosted Branches and Dwarf Bamboo
1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see thin bamboo stalks dusted with snow and bare, frost-covered branches against a pale background. This painting is part of an album where Tsubaki Chinzan copied the style of an older Chinese artist, Zhai Dakun. He didn’t just paint the scenes—he also copied the handwritten notes from the original works. It’s like a quiet conversation between two artists across time and distance. To see more works like this, look up *japan, edo period (1615–1868)*.
