Antique Japanese c1912 Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Wild Bamboo Frost Branch Sumi Ink Signed 76"L Fan providing balance and stability for

providing balance and stability for mounted combat and archery

Chiku (竹) came to stand for good luck

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Configured in the classic stacked two-section kasane tansu format

the imagery suggests personal cultivation and renewal rather than overt martial display

Antique Japanese c1912 Kakejiku Hanging Scroll Wild Bamboo Frost Branch Sumi Ink Signed 76"L Fan providing balance and stability forJapanese kakejiku hanging scroll, sumi ink on paper, wild bamboo and frost covered branch on rocky ground (Nochiku Ska), with original storage tube, Meiji to Taish period Japan; Meiji to Taish period, c. 1912; signed (Hgen), dated (Fifth month, Mizunoe Ne year) A refined literati style ink painting depicting a leafless winter tree rising from a craggy rock, with sparse bamboo clinging at the base the classical subject of (Nochiku Ska, "wild bamboo and