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Takuan Sōhō
Monk Raisan Baking Sweet Potatoesearly 17th century

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Hanging scroll with ink painting of a seated, robed figure seen from behind, with calligraphy in cursive script filling the upper portion, mounted with slate-blue and gold-patterned silk
Detail of ink painting on paper showing a vertical column of Japanese or Chinese calligraphy in fluid brushwork, with a round red seal above and a smaller red seal below, alongside the edge of a brushed ink figure at left.
Ink on paper with columns of cursive Chinese calligraphy in the upper portion, and a lightly sketched figure of a seated, shaved-head person in dark robes at lower center; red seal stamp at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Takuan Sōhō
Japan (early Edo Period), 1573-1645
Title
Monk Raisan Baking Sweet Potatoes
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 17th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 26 1/8 x 12 in. (66.7 x 30.5 cm); Mount: 55 x 12 3/4 in. (139.7 x 32.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Murray Smith
Accession Number
AC1997.19.1
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.

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