Monju on a Lion, second half 17th century
Kiyohara Yukinobuexpand_more
Ink and color on silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.71
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The bodhisattva Monju (Sanskrit: Mañjuśri) is depicted here reading a sutra on the back of his vehicle, a blue lion. This painting once served as the right-hand scroll of a triad of Buddhist deities centered on the historical Buddha, Shaka (S: Shakyamuni). Monju and his blue lion would have been balanced on the far left by the bodhisattva Fugen (S: Samantabhadra), who rides a white elephant.
Exhibitions
Gifts of Japanese and Korean Art from the Mary Griggs Burke Collection
Saturday, September 26, 2015 - Sunday, May 08, 2016
Details
- Title
- Monju on a Lion
- Artist Life
- 1643 - 1682
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.71
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 159
- Curator Approved
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