加藤信清筆 羅漢図|Ten Rakan Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon
1788–92
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 55 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (140.3 × 57.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 91 1/8 × 32 5/8 in. (231.5 × 82.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
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
2015.300.217
Tags
Art Historical Context
This evocative hanging scroll, by Japanese artist Katō Nobukiyo between 8 and 1792 the Edo period, ten Rakan—enened disciples of the Buddha—g to examine a painting of White-Robed K, the compassionate bodhisattvaokitesvara. Render in ink and color on paper, work exemplifies the refined hanging format popular in Japanese Buddhist art allowing for intimate viewing in temple or domestic settings The composition cleverly plays with themes of representation and reverence as the Rakan themselves viewers of sacred imagery. In the cultural context of Edo, such scenes underscored the deep integration o...