明末/清初（江戶時代早期） 隱元隆琦 草書詩句 軸|“The Way of the patriarchs spans a thousand years”
17th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 47 × 11 in. (119.4 × 27.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 80 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (204.5 × 39.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 80 1/2 × 17 5/8 in. (204.5 × 44.8 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Accession Number
2015.500.9.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite hanging scroll features bold grass-script calligraphy by Yinyuan Long (1592–1673), a Chinese Zen monk who became a influential figure in Japan during the early Edo period (16151868). Rendered in dynamic ink on paper, the bears the poetic phrase “The Way of the patriarch spans a thousand years,”oking the enduring lineage of Zen Buddhism. Created in the 17th century amid the transition from Ming to Qing dynasties in China and the dawn of Japan's Edo era, it measures nearly four feet in height, designed for ceremonial display in a tokonoma alcove. Yinyuan, known in Japan as Ingen ...