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Shōrin
Shakamuni Descending from the Mountaincirca 1500

Not on view
Hanging scroll painting in ink on pale silk, a standing bearded male figure with a shaved head, his lower body dissolving into swirling abstract brushstrokes, mounted in gold brocade borders
Artist or Maker
Shōrin
Japan, active late 15th-early 16th century
Title
Shakamuni Descending from the Mountain
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1500
Period
Muromachi Period (1392 - 1573)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 42 × 17 3/4 in. (106.68 × 45.09 cm) Mount: 65 × 24 in. (165.1 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Far Eastern Art Council
Accession Number
AC1993.135.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.