Bodhidharma. Artist: Unkoku Togan (Japanese, 1547-1618); Inscribed by Gyokuho Joso (Japanese, 1546-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 35 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (89.6 × 33.4 cm)Overall with mounting: 70 7/8 × 18 9/16 in. (180 × 47.2 cm)Overall with knobs: 70 7/8 × 20 9/16 in. (180 × 52.3 cm). Date: late 16th-early 17th century.This imagined portrait depicts Daruma (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma), the monk credited with transmitting Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism from India to China in the fifth century. Togan began his artistic career in the studio of Kano Shoei (1519-1592) before turning attention to the works of Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506). He later proclaimed himself the third generation in Sesshu's line of descendants, and became one of the most admired of Momoyama-period ink painters. As is usual, Daruma displays a distinctly "foreign" appearance, with his beard, bulging eyes and dangling earing.The inscription (read left to right, the reverse of the standard method of reading Chinese or Japan

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Bodhidharma. Artist: Unkoku Togan (Japanese, 1547-1618); Inscribed by Gyokuho Joso (Japanese, 1546-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 35 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (89.6 × 33.4 cm)Overall with mounting: 70 7/8 × 18 9/16 in. (180 × 47.2 cm)Overall with knobs: 70 7/8 × 20 9/16 in. (180 × 52.3 cm). Date: late 16th-early 17th century.This imagined portrait depicts Daruma (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma), the monk credited with transmitting Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism from India to China in the fifth century. Togan began his artistic career in the studio of Kano Shoei (1519-1592) before turning attention to the works of Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506). He later proclaimed himself the third generation in Sesshu's line of descendants, and became one of the most admired of Momoyama-period ink painters. As is usual, Daruma displays a distinctly "foreign" appearance, with his beard, bulging eyes and dangling earing.The inscription (read left to right, the reverse of the standard method of reading Chinese or Japan

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Bodhidharma. Artist: Unkoku Togan (Japanese, 1547-1618); Inscribed by Gyokuho Joso (Japanese, 1546-1613). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 35 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (89.6 × 33.4 cm)Overall with mounting: 70 7/8 × 18 9/16 in. (180 × 47.2 cm)Overall with knobs: 70 7/8 × 20 9/16 in. (180 × 52.3 cm). Date: late 16th-early 17th century.This imagined portrait depicts Daruma (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma), the monk credited with transmitting Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism from India to China in the fifth century. Togan began his artistic career in the studio of Kano Shoei (1519-1592) before turning attention to the works of Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506). He later proclaimed himself the third generation in Sesshu's line of descendants, and became one of the most admired of Momoyama-period ink painters. As is usual, Daruma displays a distinctly "foreign" appearance, with his beard, bulging eyes and dangling earing.The inscription (read left to right, the reverse of the standard method of reading Chinese or Japan by Album/Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY/Album Archivo is available for licensing today.