Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, early 15th century
Kichizan Minchōexpand_more
Ink and gold on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.1
On View in Gallery 221expand_more
Kitsusan Minchō was a monk-painter at the Tō fuku-ji Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. He rejected a promotion to stay a temple warden so he could continue painting. In this scroll, the bodhisattva Monju Bosatsu (in Sanskrit, Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva) proffers a book of scriptures, The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (in Japanese, Hannya-kyo; Sanskrit, Prajñāpāramitā sūtra). As a bodhisattva, an enlightened being, Monju remained on earth to help others achieve enlightenment. The subtle addition of gold accents to Bosatsu’s crown and earrings would have glistened in the candlelight of a temple setting.
Details
- Title
- Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī
- Artist Life
- 1352 - 1431
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.1
- Provenance
- Nozaki Hirota; Inoue Kaoru
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 95
- Curator Approved
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