# Orchids and Rock

**Gyokuen Bonpō** (Japanese, ca. 1348–after 1420)  
late 14th–early 15th century  
Hanging scroll; ink on paper  
39 9/16 x 13 1/8 in. (100.5 x 33.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.268.38. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44857).

## About this work

Gyokuen Bonpō painted this in the late 14th–early 15th century, aged about 19. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Hanging scroll.** A painting mounted on silk with a wooden roller at the foot. It was rolled up for storage and brought out to hang for a season, a guest or an occasion.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Gyokuen Bonpō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gyokuen-bonpo)

Japanese, ca. 1348–after 1420

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was about 19
- Real size: about 71 × 16 in (181 × 39 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 14th century
- Subjects: Orchids
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/913.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/913/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/orchids-and-rock-met-44857).