Chinese Temple Landscape, 18th century
Itō Jakuchū 伊藤 若冲 (1716–1800)
Later inscription by Goto Shoin 後藤松陰 (1797-1864)
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
101.6 x 28.4 cm
The Manyo’an Collection of Japanese Art, the Gitter-Yelin Foundation, 2008.40
Although the five-story pagoda in Jakuchū’s painting suggests that this is not meant to represent an actual Ōbaku temple (which did not typically include a pagoda), the style of the other structures in his painting is reminiscent of defining aspects of Manpukuji’s precincts. Indeed, a deep nostalgia for China is evoked in the form of this imaginary temple landscape.
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