Anonymous (16th Century) A True Portrait Of High Priest Chinzei Shoko Muromachi Period (1333-157... - Mar 23, 2022 | Bonhams In New York
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ANONYMOUS (16TH CENTURY) A True Portrait of High Priest Chinzei Shoko Muromachi period (1333-157...
ANONYMOUS (16TH CENTURY) A True Portrait of High Priest Chinzei Shoko Muromachi period (1333-157...
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ANONYMOUS (16TH CENTURY)
A True Portrait of High Priest Chinzei Shoko
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century
The painting in ink and colors on paper depicting an elderly man with a shaved head holding a Buddhist rosary and wearing a priest's robes with a kesa garment hanging from his left shoulder while seated on a dais, to his right three rolled-up sutra scrolls on top of a side table; above his head a calligraphy of twenty characters describing his achievements; of hanging scroll format now mounted in a frame
27 7/8 x 14in (70.8 x 35.6cm)
Footnotes:
The Japanese monk Bencho (1162-1238) was also known as Shoko Shonin (High Priest Shoko), and was the second patriarch, after Honen, of the main Chinzei branch of the Jodo-shu sect of Japanese Buddhism.
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ANONYMOUS (16TH CENTURY) A True Portrait of High Priest Chinzei Shoko Muromachi period (1333-157...

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