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55 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 14

Bamboe — Bamboe
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum

Bamboo and Wreath — Bamboo and Wreath
Maezawa Otei · 1850s
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo — Bamboo
1820s, 1720s
Smithsonian

Bamboo — Bamboo
c. 1675 - c. 1750
Rijksmuseum

Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain — Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain
Xia Chang (Chinese, 1388-1470) · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1441
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboe — Bamboe
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum

Panel — Panel
1820s, 1850s
Smithsonian

Bamboo — Bamboo
c. 1675 - c. 1750
Rijksmuseum

Bamboo and rising sun — Bamboo and rising sun
Netherlands · 1829
Rijksmuseum

Bamboe — Bamboe
Netherlands · 1832
Rijksmuseum

Bamboo — Bamboo
1772
Rijksmuseum

Bamboo — Bamboo
c. 1675 - c. 1750
Rijksmuseum

Bamboe — Bamboe
Netherlands
Rijksmuseum

Bamboe — Bamboe
Netherlands · 1832
Rijksmuseum

Style 2 10

Ink Bamboo — Ink Bamboo
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) · 1200s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo in the Wind — Bamboo in the Wind
Puming (Xuechuang) (Chinese, active before 1274–after 1329) · 1300s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Long-tailed bird and bamboo — Long-tailed bird and bamboo
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo and Squirrel 松鼠翠竹圖 — Bamboo and Squirrel 松鼠翠竹圖
Xugu (Chinese, 1824-1896) · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo and Insects — Bamboo and Insects
Wu Bing (Chinese, active 1190–1194) · late 1100s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Sparrows and Bamboo — Sparrows and Bamboo
Shiken Saidō (Japanese, 1486–1581); Ekkei Reikaku (Japanese, d. 1609) · mid- to late 1500s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Insects and Bamboo — Insects and Bamboo
China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) · 1200s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Sparrows, Thatched Roof, and Bamboo — Sparrows, Thatched Roof, and Bamboo
Okumura Masanobu · c. 1720/25
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo — Bamboo
c. 1800 - 1825
Rijksmuseum

Macaw and bamboo — Macaw and bamboo
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 3 10

Bamboo and Tiger — Bamboo and Tiger
Attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga · c. 1725
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo and Plum — Bamboo and Plum
Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, active 1504-c. 1589) · 1500s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Borders — Borders
1810s, 1820s
Smithsonian

Bamboo in Four Seasons: Summer — Bamboo in Four Seasons: Summer
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) · 1279–1368
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo — Bamboo
1772
Rijksmuseum

Bamboos in Wind — Bamboos in Wind
Kim Jin-woo (Korean, 1883–1950) · 1934
Cleveland Museum of Art

Gathering Bamboo Shoots — Gathering Bamboo Shoots
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 · c. 1765
Art Institute of Chicago

Sparrow and bamboo — Sparrow and bamboo
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 · mid–1830s
Art Institute of Chicago

Sparrow and bamboo — Sparrow and bamboo
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 · c. 1843/47
Art Institute of Chicago

bamboo from "La República Argentina, su historia, geografia, etc". — bamboo from "La República Argentina, su historia, geografia, etc".
United Kingdom · 1897
The British Library

Style 4 6

Bamboo Poetry Sheet — Bamboo Poetry Sheet
Shibata Zeshin · fall 1860
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo and Fences — Bamboo and Fences
Tosa Mitsuoki · 1654/81
Art Institute of Chicago

Passing the Bamboo Grove — Passing the Bamboo Grove
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 · 1766
Art Institute of Chicago

Passing the Bamboo Grove — Passing the Bamboo Grove
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770) · 1868–1912
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo — Bamboo
Kishi Ganku · Early 19th century
Art Institute of Chicago

Winter and Summer Flowers — Winter and Summer Flowers
Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615) · c. 1600
Cleveland Museum of Art

Named in the museum's description 15

The bamboo is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Bamboo in the Wind — Bamboo in the Wind
Ma Yu (Chinese, active 1706–1724) · 1724
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo — Bamboo
Korea · 1900s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo and rising sun — Bamboo and rising sun
Utagawa Kunimaru · 1829
Art Institute of Chicago

Bamboo in Moonlight — Bamboo in Moonlight
Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) · 1500s
Cleveland Museum of Art

Frosted Branches and Dwarf Bamboo — Frosted Branches and Dwarf Bamboo
Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801–1854) · 1847
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo in Snow — Bamboo in Snow
Hong Fan (Chinese, active late 1700s–early 1800s) · 1818
Cleveland Museum of Art

Plum, Pine, and Bamboo — Plum, Pine, and Bamboo
Xugu (Chinese, 1823-1896) · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid- to late 19th century
Art Institute of Chicago

A Solitary Crane in the Bamboo Grove — A Solitary Crane in the Bamboo Grove
Tao Hong (Chinese, active c. 1610–1640) · early 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art

bambu, bamboo — bambu, bamboo
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

Decorated bamboo hair comb — Decorated bamboo hair comb
Netherlands
National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng — Tall Bamboo and Distant Mountains, after Wang Meng
Wang Hui (Chinese, 1632–1717) · 1694
Cleveland Museum of Art

bambu, bambo — bambu, bambo
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖 — The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖
Wang Hui 王翚 (1632-1717) · Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 1710
Art Institute of Chicago

Arrow
Philippines · before 1922
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bamboo Grove, Jamaica — Bamboo Grove, Jamaica
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1860s
Smithsonian