Four Noble Gentlemen Sumi-e Painting, Enso Zen Circle Art

Size: 24×24 inches (61×61 cm)

This is an original sumie paintings of The Four Noble, which is a collective term referring to four plants traditionally depicted together in Oriental traditional painting: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum.

The Four Noble Gentlemen (四君子, Si Junzi) have been used in Chinese painting since medieval times because of their refined beauty, and were later adopted elsewhere in East Asia by artists in China, Japan, and Korea.

As they represent the four different seasons (the plum blossom for winter, the orchid for spring, the bamboo for summer, and the chrysanthemum for autumn), the four are used to depict the unfolding of the seasons through the year. This artwork represents a full cycle of seasons, circle of life.

It was created by myself in 2025 in Japanese ink (sumi) on handmade Xian paper.
The composition is completed by the Zen circle (Enso).
This is NOT a print or a reproduction, this is my original artwork.

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