Here, a disheveled-hair Monju Bosatsu (Skt. Manjusri) holds a priest’s scepter while seated upon the back of a prostrate lion. The strong use of the brush makes the lines a prominent feature of the painting, while thinned ink is used to produce gradation and red is applied in certain places. The inscriber of the image, Muin Genkai (d. 1358) went to Yuan dynasty China to study under Zhongfeng Mingben (Jp. Chūhō Minpon, 1263-1323) and then returned to Japan.
Object label
Monju Bosatsu (Sk. Manjusri)
Hanging scroll; ink and light ink and colors on silk
H 89.2, W 38.9
Nanbokuchō period 14th century
- D003807
- D003807
- 1993/03/19
- D000230
- D000231
- A024243
- 1993/03/19
- A020303
- A020305
- A020306
- A020307
- A020308
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| Accession Number | 826-0 |
|---|---|
| Category | Paintings |
| Bibliography | Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of the Nara National Museum: Buddhist Painting. Nara National Museum, 2002, 169p. (Japanese) |