Description
This painting features 24 Buddhist priests, likely of several generations and members of the same temple or school. The priests are depicted with attention to individual features and appearances, dressed in their formal garments. They may represent monks of the Ōbaku school, a form of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism founded in Japan by Chinese émigré monks and their Japanese followers.
Provenance
(Yamanaka and Company, London, England, sold to Henri Vever) (?–November 18, 1912); Henri Vever [1854–1942], France (1912–?); Robert [1940–2019] and Kay Gow [b. 1951], Naples, FL, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–2003); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2003–)
Accession Number
2003.352
Medium
hanging scroll mounted on a panel (framed); ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 171.5 x 99.7 cm (67 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Gow
