by Jeffrey | Apr 21, 2022
Five Hundred Arhats, in the Garden of the Kyoto Temple Sekihōji, 1789 Itō Jakuchū 伊藤 若冲 (1716–1800) Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) Hanging scroll, ink on paper 50.3 x 71.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and...
by Jeffrey | Apr 21, 2022
Eighteen Arhats, 19th century Tradition of Wu Bin (c. 1550-1621) Japan, 19th century Handscroll, ink and color on paper (detail) 28.58 x 548.01 cm; 29.69 x 606.11 cm (mounted) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson...
by Jeffrey | Apr 21, 2022
Arhat, late 17th century Shōun Genkei 松雲元慶 (1648-1710) Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) Lacquered wood with traces of gilding One of a set of five hundred, from the Tokyo temple Gohyaku Rakanji, 92.7 x 78.7 x 71.1 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase...
by Jeffrey | Apr 21, 2022
Arhat Reading a Sutra by Moonlight, mid-17th century Jifei Ruyi 即非如一 (Jp. Sokuhi Nyoitsu, 1616-1671) Inscribed by the artist Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) Hanging scroll, ink on paper 27.5 x 60.6 cm; 112.4 x 62.5 cm (mounted) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Harry...
by Jeffrey | Apr 21, 2022
Twenty-four Buddhist Figures, featuring the Eighteen Arhats with Śākyamuni, White-Robed Guanyin(Avalokiteśvara), and Xuanzang, 1643 Chen Xian 陳賢 (Jp. Chinken, active c. mid-17th century) Frontispiece: Feng lin (Phoenix Grove) by Muan Xingtao 木菴性瑫 (Jp. Mokuan Shōtō,...