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The Sixth Patriarch Cutting Bamboo
六祖截竹図
At a glance — Painting · Kamakura period, 13th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Liang Kai.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Paintings
- Date
- 1201–1300
- Creator
- Liang Kai (梁楷)
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-141871
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The Sixth Patriarch Cutting Bamboo is a painting of Kamakura period, 13th century (1201–1300), held by the Tokyo National Museum and designated a Important Cultural Property (重要文化財) of Japan. The facts below are transcribed from the official catalogue record; this entry carries no museum description in English.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-141871 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-141871
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “The Sixth Patriarch Cutting Bamboo（六祖截竹図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-141871. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-sixth-patriarch-cutting-bamboo/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Asian Painting
- Material: Ink on paper
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1幅
- 分類: 東洋絵画
- 品質形状: 紙本墨画
- 法量: 本紙 縦72.7 横31.5
- 銘文等: 道有 ; 梁楷
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