Two Birds on a Branch of Bamboo

Korean folding screens often have six panels, like those painted in Japan; more characteristically, however, Korean screens boast eight, ten, or even twelve panels. In some cases, ...

Because it retains its leaves year round, even during the cold winter season, the bamboo symbolizes strength in the face of adversity; paired with the pine and plum, it is regarded...

Mounted as a hanging scroll, this long, rectangular painting by Kim Kyu-chin is executed in ink on silk and depicts bamboo in mist. The several very slender stalks of bamboo rise f...

A Buddhist priest's robe known in Japan as a kesa (Sanskrit, kasaya), this rectangular garment is made up of mulitple pieces of the same cloth that together form a patchwork of rec...