Take (竹)
Bamboo. One of the more popular design elements, bamboo symbolizes strength, endurance, integrity, purity, and nobility. It is often accompanied by plum and pine in the Sho Chiku Bai (松竹梅) motif or by the phoenix and paulownia (Dower 1971:46).
![Sometsuke Take Chawan (bowl with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/45SN398B-2007-1466B_th.jpg)
Sometsuke Take Chawan (bowl with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)
Item Record![Sometsuke Take Zara (dish with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/45SN398B-2007-222_th.jpg)
Sometsuke Take Zara (dish with cobalt hand-painted bamboo)
Item Record![Sometsuke Senbori Gohan Jawan (rice/soup bowl with hand-painted cobalt and carved lines)](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/AACC-MIN-98-22_1of1_th.jpg)
Sometsuke Senbori Gohan Jawan (rice/soup bowl with hand-painted cobalt and carved lines)
Item Record![Side of Kuro Fukizumi Take Yunomi (teacup with black stenciled bamboo design)](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/ACC-88-10_1of3_th.jpg)
Side of Kuro Fukizumi Take Yunomi (teacup with black stenciled bamboo design)
Item Record![Exterior View](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/45SN398A-2007-506_1of2_th.jpg)
Exterior View
Item Record![Exterior Profile View](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/45SN398A-2007-521_1of2_th.jpg)
Exterior Profile View
Item Record![Exterior Profile View](https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/objects/hjccc/45SN398A-2007-953.1_1of3_th.jpg)
Exterior Profile View
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