White-Robed Kannon. Artist: Sakai Hoitsu (Japanese, 1761-1828). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 33 5/8 × 14 in. (85.4 × 35.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 68 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (173.4 × 40.3 cm)Overall with knobs: 68 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (173.4 × 45.1 cm). Date: 1823.The bodhisattva Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) sits on a pedestal-like rock, his white-robed figure enveloped in a radiance shaped like the full moon. His skin, his jewelry, and the nearby foliage bear touches of color, but the landscape surrounding him is rendered in monochrome brushwork and ink wash. The iconography and composition follow a model imported from China centuries earlier, established in Japan by Zen monk-painters of the Muromachi period (1392-1573). Above the figure, the words of the "Kannon-gyo"--a section of the twenty-fifth chapter of the sacred text Lotus Sutra--are inscribed in gold pigment by the artist.Sakai Hoitsu studied the artistic vocabulary of various schools but is best known for his Rinpa com

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White-Robed Kannon. Artist: Sakai Hoitsu (Japanese, 1761-1828). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 33 5/8 × 14 in. (85.4 × 35.6 cm)Overall with mounting: 68 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (173.4 × 40.3 cm)Overall with knobs: 68 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (173.4 × 45.1 cm). Date: 1823.The bodhisattva Kannon (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara) sits on a pedestal-like rock, his white-robed figure enveloped in a radiance shaped like the full moon. His skin, his jewelry, and the nearby foliage bear touches of color, but the landscape surrounding him is rendered in monochrome brushwork and ink wash. The iconography and composition follow a model imported from China centuries earlier, established in Japan by Zen monk-painters of the Muromachi period (1392-1573). Above the figure, the words of the "Kannon-gyo"--a section of the twenty-fifth chapter of the sacred text Lotus Sutra--are inscribed in gold pigment by the artist.Sakai Hoitsu studied the artistic vocabulary of various schools but is best known for his Rinpa com

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