{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"33758"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Martie and Alice Young"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"The artist has created his own variation on the \"Three Friends of Winter\" theme by joining bamboo and plum together with narcissus, instead of the more conventional pine. Bamboo signifies resilience, while plum represents perseverance in the face of hardship. Narcissus, also a symbol of the New Year, is an emblem of good fortune.Baiitsu counts among the most talented of the Japanese bunjin (scholar) painters, who looked to Chinese paintings for inspiration. He specialized in bird and flower painting, and favored brushwork in the \"boneless\" style. Here he has combined that technique with the use of outlining, especially to define the bamboo."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2001.071"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"An ink painting of bamboo, flowering plum, and narcissus clustered around a large rock.  The inscription on the painting  by Baiitsu dedicates the work to Shibutsu (1766-1837:  another Nanga painter whose favorite subject was bamboo) \"on his return to Edo\" (Shibutsu was from Edo).  Dated in the year l824."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Hanging scroll: monochrome ink on satin"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"2001.071_Disc0416_04166019"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Three Friends"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Yamamoto Baiitsu"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/78416/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1824"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"203579"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Image: 46 × 14 3/8 inches (116.8 × 36.5 cm)"}}]}