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Kaihō School
Buddhist Patriarch Kensu with Shrimplate 17th - early 18th century

On view:
Resnick Pavilion
Vertical ink painting of a bald, robed elderly figure tilting his head back toward a crested bird perched on his raised hand, with spare brushwork vegetation below

Kaihō School, Attributed to Kaihō Yūshō, Buddhist Patriarch Kensu with Shrimp, late 17th - early 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Laura Bastianelli in loving memory of Jeremy Ets-Hokin

Artist or Maker
Kaihō School
Japan, 17th century
Title
Buddhist Patriarch Kensu with Shrimp
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 17th - early 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 49 3/8 x 20 in. (125.41 x 50.8 cm); Mount: 82 7/8 x 24 5/8 in. (210.50 x 62.55 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura Bastianelli in loving memory of Jeremy Ets-Hokin
Accession Number
AC1994.139.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art