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Monk Mending Clothes in the Morning Sun (Chōyō Hotetsuzu)

朝陽補綴図

c. 1350

Japan, Nanbokuchō period

(1336–92)
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Measurements
Image: 84.3 x 35.2 cm (33 3/16 x 13 7/8 in.); Overall: 168.5 x 47.7 cm (66 5/16 x 18 3/4 in.); with knobs: 168.5 x 52 cm (66 5/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1962.163
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

This painting illustrates the Zen ideal of cultivating one’s spirit through all moments of life, from the mundane to the marvelous. The monk pictured is simply mending his robes, but it is a meditative activity. A “mending clothes” image would typically form a pair with another on the theme of “reading by moonlight.” While the seals on the painting were added at a later date, similar seals appear on other ink figures and bird-and-flower compositions.

Monk Mending Clothes in the Morning Sun (Chōyō Hotetsuzu)

c. 1350

Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)

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