The Monk from Danxia Burning a Wooden Image of the Buddha

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The Monk from Danxia Burning a Wooden Image of the Buddha

Alternate Title: Tanka shōbutsu

Japan, late 16th-early 17th century
Paintings; scrolls
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Image: 44 x 19 in. (111.76 x 48.26 cm); Mount: 74 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. (190.18 x 50.17 cm)
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Acquisition Fund, and the Far Eastern Art Council (M.90.21)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kawai, Masatomo. Yūshō, Tōgan. Tōkyo: Shūeisha, 1978.
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  • Kawai, Masatomo. Yūshō, Tōgan. Tōkyo: Shūeisha, 1978.
  • Fukuda, Yoshiko, ed. Botsugo 400-nen Unkoku Tōgan ten. Yamaguchi-ken: Yamaguchi Kenritsu Bijutsukan, 2018.
  • Dobbins, James C. Behold the Buddha: Religious Meanings of Japanese Buddhist Icons. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2020.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
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