小野通筆　布袋唐子図|Hotei with a Child

Ono no Ozū (Ono no Tsū)

1624 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper · Asian Art

Ono no Ozū, renowned for her flamboyant brushwork, was one of the most prominent female calligraphers in premodern Japan. Here, her inscription above a picture of the Buddhist deity Hotei looking kindly at a child reads: “The eye that regards the innocent child / is a friendly soul outside this soiled world.”

Artist

Ono no Ozū (Ono no Tsū)

Date

1624

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015