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PAINTING BY UNKOKU TOEKI, CALLIGRAPHY BY TEN'YU JOKO. Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes. Artist: Painting by Unkoku Toeki (1591-1644); Calligraphy by Ten'yu Joko (Japanese, 1586-1660). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each: Image: 42 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (107.6 x 42.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 75 × 17 3/4 in. (190.5 × 45.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 75 × 19 3/4 in. (190.5 × 50.2 cm). Date: probably late 1620s-1644. Pre-modern Japanese portraiture does not necessarily display accurate likeness, but the figure here, in the chinso tradition of portraiture of Zen masters, seems individuated; it may be the Zen master Ten'yu Joko himself, or his master. He holds an "admonition staff" (shippei) in his hands for alerting sleepy students in meditation. Landscapes were common in Zen ink painting from the late fourteenth century, and it became a convention to create triptychs of work with a natural images flanking an image of a Buddhist deity or eminent monk. Here we find the common motifs of cliffs, rocky outcrops, pavilions, and a lone figure crossing a bridge. The painter Unkoku Toeki was the son of Togan, founder of the Unkoku school which claimed descent from Sesshu, the great master of monochrome ink painting. In the early 1620s, Toeki worked at the sub-temples of Daitokuji, where Ten'yu was active. Each scroll features a poetic inscription by Ten'yu, who in 1625 became the 169th abbot of the Rinzai Zen temple complex Daitokuji, Kyoto. Ten'yu also went by the name "Muhanshi", used in the signature here. Ten'yu was a student of Manko Sotei--also abbot of Daitokuji. Ten'yu founded Baigan'an at this temple complex and it is thought that he designed the famed south garden. He was a close colleague of the eminent Zen master Takuan Soho as attested by his written tribute, as well as an inscription on a statue of Takuan installed at Nanshuji, a branch temple of the complex located in Sakai where Ten'yu was abbot.
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PAINTING BY UNKOKU TOEKI (1591-1644) • CALLIGRAPHY BY TEN'YU JOKO (1586-1660)
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Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes
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Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes. Artist: Painting by Unkoku Toeki (1591-1644); Calligraphy by Ten'yu Joko (Japanese, 1586-1660). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each: Image: 42 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (107.6 x 42.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 75 × 17 3/4 in. (190.5 × 45.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 75 × 19 3/4 in. (190.5 × 50.2 cm). Date: probably late 1620s-1644. Pre-modern Japanese portraiture does not necessarily display accurate likeness, but the figure here, in the chinso tradition of portraiture of Zen masters, seems individuated; it may be the Zen master Ten'yu Joko himself, or his master. He holds an "admonition staff" (shippei) in his hands for alerting sleepy students in meditation. Landscapes were common in Zen ink painting from the late fourteenth century, and it became a convention to create triptychs of work with a natural images flanking an image of a Buddhist deity or eminent monk. Here we find the common motifs of cliffs, rocky outcrops, pavilions, and a lone figure crossing a bridge. The painter Unkoku Toeki was the son of Togan, founder of the Unkoku school which claimed descent from Sesshu, the great master of monochrome ink painting. In the early 1620s, Toeki worked at the sub-temples of Daitokuji, where Ten'yu was active. Each scroll features a poetic inscription by Ten'yu, who in 1625 became the 169th abbot of the Rinzai Zen temple complex Daitokuji, Kyoto. Ten'yu also went by the name "Muhanshi", used in the signature here. Ten'yu was a student of Manko Sotei--also abbot of Daitokuji. Ten'yu founded Baigan'an at this temple complex and it is thought that he designed the famed south garden. He was a close colleague of the eminent Zen master Takuan Soho as attested by his written tribute, as well as an inscription on a statue of Takuan installed at Nanshuji, a branch temple of the complex located in Sakai where Ten'yu was abbot.
Técnica/material:
Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Periodo:
Edo period (1615-1868)
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
3007 x 3726 px | 32.1 MB
Tamaño impresión:
25.5 x 31.5 cm | 10.0 x 12.4 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave:
ARTE ASIATICO • ASIA • CALLIGRAPHY BY TEN'YU JOKO • JAPON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAINTING BY UNKOKU TOEKI • PAPEL • PINTURAS • TINTA