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Collections

Fūgai Ekun
Hotei Pointing at the Moonearly to mid-17th century

Not on view
Japanese hanging scroll, ink on silk, with a loosely brushed seated robed figure and a cursive East Asian inscription with red seal in the upper right

Fūgai Ekun, Hotei Pointing at the Moon, early to mid-17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Murray Smith, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Fūgai Ekun
Japan, 1568-circa 1654
Title
Hotei Pointing at the Moon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early to mid-17th century
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) or Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 15 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (39.7 x 24.4 cm); Mount: 49 7/16 x 13 1/4 in. (126.6 x 33.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Murray Smith
Accession Number
AC1997.19.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Zen: Painting and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks: 1600-1925. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1989.
  • Cleary, Thomas. ZEN ANTICS: 100 Stories of Enlightment. Boston, Massachusetts: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1993.
  • Awakawa, Yasuichi. Zen Painting. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd., 1970.
  • Addiss, Stephen. "The Life and Art of F¯ugai Ekun (1568-1654)." The Eastern Buddhist: New Series 19 (1): 59-? (Spring 1986).
  • 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.