白衣観音・寒山・拾得図|Triptych of White-robed Kannon, Kanzan, and Jittoku
Unidentified artist
14th century · Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on silk; · Asian Art
These three devotional paintings were probably reconstituted as a triptych in late medieval times. The bodhisattva of infinite compassion, Kannon (Chinese: Guanyin), is flanked by Kanzan and Jittoku (Chinese: Hanshan and Shide), quasi-historical eccentrics of the eighth century from Chan legend. Kanzan and Jittoku appear somewhat disheveled and lack their usual attributes: a scroll of paper for the former and a straw broom for the latter. Kanzan is depicted with his mouth open, as if laughing with delight at the moon in the sky above, while his companion, Jittoku, looks down in quiet admiration of the moon’s reflection in the water.
- Artist
- Unidentified artist
- Date
- 14th century
- Medium
- Set of three hanging scrolls; ink on silk;
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
