Object number2014.29
Hakui-Kannon
DateNd
Artist
Shugen
(Japanese, fl. 1469 - 1521)
CultureJapanese
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsImage: 32 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. (81.6 x 36.1 cm)
Overall (Open): 69 1/2 x 22 3/8 in. (176.5 x 56.8 cm)
Overall (Open): 69 1/2 x 22 3/8 in. (176.5 x 56.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Steinberg (Dorothy Seiberling, class of 1943); Elizabeth Woodcock class of 1925; Bertha Mather McPherson, class of 1928, in memory of Harriet Gilbert McPherson, class of 1928; and Philip Johnson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod15th-16th c (Muromachi period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, lower right corner, Shugen
MarkingsOn recto, lower right corner, seal: Shugen
BibliographyLucic, Karen. Embodying Compassion in Buddhist Art: Image, Pilgrimage, Practice. Poughkeepsie, New York: FLLAC, 2015, p. 55
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryEmbodying Compassion in Buddhist Art: Image, Pilgrimage, Practice, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 23 - June 28, 2015Label TextThis astonishingly abstract painting, executed by the renowned Japanese artist Sesshu Toyo, exemplifies the “splashed ink” method. This approach is sometimes seen in depictions of the White-robed Kannon. Doing away with contours and outlines, Sesshu seems to have flung the ink at the picture in an unpremeditated manner. This approach suggests that the bodhisattva spontaneously emerged from an undifferentiated expanse—a formal device that has metaphysical implications.
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