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Unkoku Tōgan
The Monk from Danxia Burning a Wooden Image of the Buddhalate 16th-early 17th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, a robed figure seated with back turned, viewed in partial profile beneath a bare branching tree, with columns of East Asian calligraphy and red seals
Artist or Maker
Unkoku Tōgan
Japan, 1547-1618
Title
The Monk from Danxia Burning a Wooden Image of the Buddha
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 16th-early 17th century
Period
Muromachi period (1392-1573) or Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) or Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Acquisition Fund, and the Far Eastern Art Council
Accession Number
M.90.21
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.