Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku)
701
100.0cm x 30.0cm
Ito Jakuchū (1716 – 1800)
Utforsk Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800), en revolusjonerende japansk maler fra Edo-perioden! Berømt for sine fargerike fugl og blomsterbilder, unik perspektiv og zen buddhistiske påvirkninger – en eklektisk mester som omformer japansk kunst.
Hanshan and Shide (active late 8th–early 9th century) were Chan Buddhist monks who held low-level positions at Guoqingsi, a temple on China’s sacred Mount Tiantai. Turned away from the viewer here, Hanshan (“Cold Mountain”) was a reclusive monk-poet. Shide, his constant companion, carries a broom indicating his role as the temple’s janitor. The pair of figures came to represent an iconoclastic aspect of Chan (Japanese: Zen) monastic practice and was a popular theme in Japanese painting. In the Buddhist tradition, Hanshan and Shide were also honored as emanations of the bodhisattvas Monju and Fugen (Sanskrit: Manjushri and Samantabhadra), representing the virtues of wisdom and compassion. The inscription refers to this association: “One is the Bodhisattva of the Great Path. The other the Patriarch of the Great Buddha. What evidence is there? A broken broom, a tattered scripture, and unrhymed verse” (trans. Aaron Rio).
Om dette kunstverket
- Tittel: Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku)
- Kunstner: Ito Jakuchū
- År: 701
- Opprinnelige mål: 100.0cm x 30.0cm
- Format: Portrait
- Opphavsrettslig status: Fritatt for opphavsrett
- Fargetone: Ochre to Sepia
- Opplevd lysstyrke: deep_shadow
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