Japanese Kakejiku Hanging Scroll with Bamboo Image. Depicts a tall ink wash in the Chinese style of bamboo and leaves, with a small red seal bottom left, upper right, and middle right. The kanji that runs vertically from the upper right to the middle roughly translates to "In the fourth Heian Era the incident of the disaster was reported, Baiyang Store Pu'an," likely a reference to the disastrous relocation of the Japanese capital from Kyoto to Kobe in 1180 AD. 

Condition: Some creasing to the image. 

Overall Size: (unrolled) 77 x 17 1/2 in. 

A kakejiku (or kakemono) is a traditional Japanese hanging scroll used to display paintings or calligraphy. Featuring silk edges and a flexible backing, they are rolled up for storage and classically hung in a home's tokonoma (alcove). The origin is said to date back to the Nara period (710-794), and scrolls were traditionally viewed from a seiza (kneeling) position, leading to their incorporation in many aspects of Japanese life but particularly the tea ceremony. 

Some creasing to the image. 

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