Object

寒山図

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Person
Date
制作年 AD16
Title
カンザンズ
Materials, techniques and shape
紙本墨画
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Depository
Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Ref. number
AW-CEN-001446-0001
License
CC BY Images license
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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Kanzan (Ch. Hanshan) and Jittoku (Ch. Shide) were both known as Zen monks cum poets of the late Tang Dynasty (end of 9th C.), but their true existence has not been proved. Legend has it that a Zen priest, Bukan (Ch. Fenggan ) of the Guoqingsi Temple in Mt. Tentai, took pity on an orphan, Jittoku, and made him to live in the temple compounds. It is said that Kanzan, Jittoku’s childhood pal, frequented the temple. The pair was known for their antics, and with time, their personalities were gradually mystified, with numerous episodes and legends added to the point that they were immortalized as the manifestations of Monju (Sk. Manjusri Bodhisattva) and Fugen (Sk. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva) Bodhisattvas, respectively.Widespread attributes to the odd pair made them favorite subjects in Zen ink painting. In many works of art, Kanzan is depicted holding a sutra or writing a poem, while Jittoku was often represented holding a broom or grinding ink on an inkstone. Their roles were reversed in some paintings. In the exhibit, Jittoku is sweeping the floor, while Kanzan smiles looking up at the sky, both of them in a totally carefree manner. The dark and light shades of ink were used effectively, resulting in good harmony. Both paintings are accompanied by an inscription at the top rendered by the Daitokuji Temple’s 83rd Prelate, Iten Sosei (1472-1554). The Reverend Sosei founded the Soun-ji Temple in Odawara (in today’s Kanagawa Prefecture) in 1521, with funding by Lord Hojo Ujitsuna. Sosei’s unique calligraphic skills are obvious.

前大徳宗清書之(印「宗清」)風流拝敗露愈覚閭立近前致趣逸長咲不休縮徳垢面蓬頭

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Date
制作年 AD16
Materials, techniques and shape
紙本墨画
Collections
Century Akao Collection

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Ref. number
AW-CEN-001446-0001
License
CC BY
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

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Keio Museum Commons
Campus Mita
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Art

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Quantity 1幅

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