墨林愚庵筆 葡萄蝉図|Cicada on a Grapevine
late 14th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 25 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (64.2 × 30.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 57 5/16 × 15 1/2 in. (145.5 × 39.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 57 5/16 × 17 5/16 in. (145.5 × 44 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.58
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Bokurin Guan · 1367–1399
**Bokurin Guan (1367–1399)** was a Japanese Zen monk and ink painter active during the transition from the late Nanbokuchō period (1336–1392) to the early Muromachi period (1392–1573). Little is documented about his personal life beyond his monastic vocation and artistic output, but records identify him as a figure of relatively minor status within Zen circles who nevertheless demonstrated refined...