蘭蕙同芳図|Orchids and Rock
late 14th–early 15th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
39 9/16 x 13 1/8 in. (100.5 x 33.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.268.38
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Gyokuen Bonpō · 1348–1420
**Gyokuen Bonpō (1348–after 1420)** was a prominent Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, abbot, calligrapher, and literati painter of the early Muromachi period. He is best known for his delicate monochrome ink paintings of orchids, bamboo, and rocks, which blended Chinese scholarly traditions with Japanese Zen aesthetics. As a high-ranking priest, Bonpō served as abbot of major Kyoto temples including Ke...