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Portrait Of Kóbó-daishi

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hanging scrolls
Japan
n.d.
Pigment; Ink
overall: 92.00 cm x 54.90 cm x 0.00 cm
Hanging scroll, silk mounting. Painting on silk with opaque colours and some ink outline. This is a portrait of a Buddhist monk of the Shingon Sect, tentatively identified as Kóbó-daishi(by the vajra held in the right hand), the founder of the sect. He is seated on a dais. His shoes are depicted in front and an ewer is to the right. (from Kelsall, Joanne, et al. Oriental Scroll Paintings from the Maltwood Collection. Victoria: University of Victoria, 1983).
scroll; portrait; Buddhism; monk; seated figure; calligraphy; robe; shoes
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Japan MUROMACHI 1336-1573
Bequest of John and Katharine Maltwood
M964.1.524

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