Jizō Playing a Flute, 1670
Kano Tan'yūexpand_more
Ink and light color on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.64
Not on Viewexpand_more
In this painting by the renowned Kano School master, Kano Tan’yū, the salvific bodhisattva Jizō (Sanskrit: Ksitigarbha) descends from the sky on a wisp of cloud. In a unique take on Jizō imagery thought to have been invented by Tan’yū himself, the youthful bodhisattva plays a flute and wears a lotus leaf atop his head. Although images of a flute-playing Jizō are exceedingly rare, Mary Burke had two examples by Tan’yū in her collection.
Details
- Title
- Jizō Playing a Flute
- Artist Life
- 1602 - 1674
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.64
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 149
- Curator Approved
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