Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku). Artist: Ito Jakuchu (Japanese, 1716-1800); Calligraphy attributed to Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723-1776). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 39 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (100.4 × 30.3 cm)Overall with mounting: 69 11/16 × 15 3/8 in. (177 × 39 cm)Overall with knobs: 69 11/16 × 17 5/16 in. (177 × 44 cm). Date: late 18th century.Hanshan and Shide (active late 8th-early 9th century) were Chan Buddhist monks who held low-level positions at Guoqingsi, a temple on China's sacred Mount Tiantai. Turned away from the viewer here, Hanshan ("Cold Mountain") was a reclusive monk-poet. Shide, his constant companion, carries a broom indicating his role as the temple's janitor. The pair of figures came to represent an iconoclastic aspect of Chan (Japanese: Zen) monastic practice and was a popular theme in Japanese painting. In the Buddhist tradition, Hanshan and Shide were also honored as emanations of the bodhisattvas Monju and Fugen (Sanskrit: Manjusri and S

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Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku). Artist: Ito Jakuchu (Japanese, 1716-1800); Calligraphy attributed to Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723-1776). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 39 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (100.4 × 30.3 cm)Overall with mounting: 69 11/16 × 15 3/8 in. (177 × 39 cm)Overall with knobs: 69 11/16 × 17 5/16 in. (177 × 44 cm). Date: late 18th century.Hanshan and Shide (active late 8th-early 9th century) were Chan Buddhist monks who held low-level positions at Guoqingsi, a temple on China's sacred Mount Tiantai. Turned away from the viewer here, Hanshan ("Cold Mountain") was a reclusive monk-poet. Shide, his constant companion, carries a broom indicating his role as the temple's janitor. The pair of figures came to represent an iconoclastic aspect of Chan (Japanese: Zen) monastic practice and was a popular theme in Japanese painting. In the Buddhist tradition, Hanshan and Shide were also honored as emanations of the bodhisattvas Monju and Fugen (Sanskrit: Manjusri and S

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