Yi Chong (1541–1622), a great-great-grandson of King Sejong (r. 1418–50), was a poet and calligrapher as well as a renowned bamboo painter. In formal terms, ink bamboo painting was an ideal vehicle for the display of brushwork, as in this depiction of a misty grove in a strong wind. Yi Chong uses bold powerful strokes for the windswept leaves and provides depth and atmosphere by using contrasting ink tones, varying from the most diluted for the background leaves to the deep rich tones of the foremost stalks. Bamboo was selected as the principal subject in the national examinations for the royal painting academy, which attests to its popularity and importance as a painting motif.