White-robed Avalokiteshvara Viewing a Waterfall, 15th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Ink on silkexpand_more
Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Cultureexpand_more 2013.29.39
Not on Viewexpand_more
Avalokiteshvara, known in Japanese as Kannon, is one of the most popular deities in Zen Buddhism, and monochrome ink paintings of Kannon relaxing in nature were a staple of Zen painters’ repertoires. Such images imagine the deity in his own paradise, which sacred texts describe as a high seaside grotto surrounded by waterfalls and lush plants. Here, Kannon sits casually on a boulder, his legs tucked beneath him, and gazes up at a waterfall.
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- White-robed Avalokiteshvara Viewing a Waterfall
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- 2013.29.39
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