Weizheng Riding on an Ox

1687

Yamaguchi Sekkei 山口 雪渓

(Japanese, 1644–1732)
inscription by

Nanyuan Xingpai 南源 性派

(Chinese, 1631–1692)
Painting: 116.5 x 39 cm (45 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.); Mounted: 201.3 x 55.9 cm (79 1/4 x 22 in.)
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The Ōbaku lineage of the Zen school of Buddhism in Japan is named for Mount Huangbo (Japanese: Ōbaku) in China.

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The inscription at the top of this painting was brushed by Ōbaku school monk Nanyuan Xingpai (Japanese: Nangen Shōha), a Chinese Buddhist monk who emigrated to Japan in 1654, while the painting was done in ink by Yamaguchi Sekkei, a Japanese painter active in Kyoto who was known for his Buddhist subjects, many of which remain in temples today. The figure here reads a text while riding backward upon a water buffalo. Sekkei's painting depicts the Chinese monk Weizheng (986–1049), also known as "Zheng of the Yellow Ox" after his favored mount. Nanyuan's inscription is a poem about the monk.
Weizheng Riding on an Ox

Weizheng Riding on an Ox

1687

Yamaguchi Sekkei, Nanyuan Xingpai

(Japanese, 1644–1732), (Chinese, 1631–1692)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)

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