雁来紅に叭々鳥図 (Ganraikō ni hahachō zu)|Amaranthus and Mynah Bird
Medium
Hanging scroll; color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 52 5/8 × 13 1/16 in. (133.7 × 33.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 1/2 × 18 in. (202 × 45.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (201.9 × 51.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Accession Number
2020.396.32
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Kakutei 鶴亭 (Kaigan Jōkō 海眼浄光) · 1722–1785
Kakutei, also known as Kaigan Jōkō (1722–1786), was a Japanese Ōbaku Zen monk and painter born in Nagasaki, the gateway to Chinese artistic influences during the Edo period. He entered monastic life early at Seifukuji temple, where he was ordained under Yakushū Genjō around age 20. Following his teacher's death, Kakutei left the monkhood at 25 and studied under Kumashiro Yūhi, a direct disciple of...