Landscape | Yale University Art Gallery

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper, with bone rollers
Dimensions: without mounting: 11 × 17 1/4 in. (27.9 × 43.8 cm)
with mounting: 45 × 21 1/2 in. (114.3 × 54.6 cm)
with rollers: 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
Credit Line: Collection of H. Christopher Luce, B.A. 1972
Accession Number: 2020.33.14
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Randall Garrett, Chicago; purchased by H. Christopher Luce in October, 1981; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2019

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

hanging scrolls, landscapes (representations)

Subject

Buddhism Zen houses koan monks trees

Inscriptions

荒れ者てし　西の都に　来て見れば　観世音寺の　入合の鐘\r\narehate shi/ nishi no miyako ni/ kite mire ba/ Kanzeon ji no/ iriai no kane\r\nSteppong int to the desolate west side of the capital, just so the bell of curfew resonates from the Temple of Mercy. SO

Signed

Seal: Sengai

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