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Oct 13, 2010
Oct 12, 2010

Weizheng Riding on an Ox

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)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

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.)

Gift of Nisaburo Mizutani 1973.86

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The Ōbaku lineage of the Zen school of Buddhism in Japan is named for Mount Huangbo (Japanese: Ōbaku) in China.

Description

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.

See also
Collection: 
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Department: 
Japanese Art
Type of artwork: 
Painting
Medium: 
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Credit line: 
Gift of Nisaburo Mizutani

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