TANI BUNCHŌ (1763-1841) Withered Tree, Rocks, and Bamboo Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryProperty of various ownersTANI BUNCHŌ (1763-1841)Withered Tree, Rocks, and Bamboo Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th centuryA hanging scroll in ink and light color on satin depicting a withered tree in front of some rocks with bamboo grass poking out from behind, with calligraphy of a poem:The withered tree is virile in the frostThe bamboo is slender and brings felicityThe rock is stark, like fine calligraphyHere one perceives the three virtues.Signed Bunchō and sealed Tani Bunchō in, Bungo shi, and GenzōWith two wood tomobako storage boxes 12 3/8 x 10 1/4in (31.4 x 26cm)ProvenanceFormerly of Masuda Ei'ichi CollectionPreviously sold by Mathias Komor Fine Arts & Antiquities, New YorkPublishedBunchō iboku tenrankai zuroku (Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Bunchō), Tokyo, Shichiseikai, 1932, pl.90Exhibited"Tani Bunchō iboku ten" (Exhibition of Paintings by the Late Tani Bunchō) at the Tōkyū Department Store Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo, February 1-13, 1928