Portrait of Ōbaku Monk
Portrait of Ōbaku Monk
Portrait of Ōbaku Monk
Portrait of Ōbaku Monk

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Portrait of Ōbaku Monk

Anonymous (painter)
Ingen Ryūki 隠元隆琦 (calligrapher), 1592–1673
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
y1943-117

Information

Title
Portrait of Ōbaku Monk
Maker
Anonymous (painter)
Ingen Ryūki 隠元隆琦 (calligrapher)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 95 x 43.2 cm. (37 3/8 x 17 in.) Mount: 158 x 53.5 cm. (62 3/16 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1943-117
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed top center: 老僧隠元自題 “Inscribed by the old monk Ingen”
Inscription
Outside titleslip: [六]拾一翁筆 萬延元庚申載花月覓寫 Dated 1st year of the Man’en era, 1860
Marks/Labels/Seals
seals characters in ink on edge of rolled scroll Written in ink on rolled scroll: 51 Calligrapher, “Ryūki” 隆琦, square relief, center left “Ingen no in” 隠元之印, square intaglio, center left “Rinzaiseishu” 臨済正宗, oval relief, top right (compare to seal at http://www.inkan-search.net/search/detail.php?id=23 -- These 3 seals are also found reproduced in Stephen Addiss, Obaku: Zen painting and Calligraphy (1978).)
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
paintings, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls, japanese painting styles
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
monks, men, portraits

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