Kannon on a Lotus Petal
Shōzan Gen’yō 照山元瑶 (1634-1727)
Inscriptions by Yinyuan Longqi 隱元隆琦 (Jp. Ingen Ryūki, 1592-1673) and Muan Xingtao 木菴性瑫
(Jp. Mokuan Shōtō, 1611-1684), 1672
Japan, Edo period, 1615-1868
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
42 × 59.5 cm, 135.6 × 73.7 cm (mounted)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles,
2018, 2018.853.21
The artist was an Imperial princess, a nun, and an accomplished painter. She was the eighth daughter of Emperor Gomizunoo and a disciple of Ryōkei Shozen, whose calligraphy is also in the exhibition. Gen’yo made numerous paintings of Avalokiteśvara as part of her religious practice.
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