Tanomura Chokunyū 田能村直入

Arhats in Landscape, Meiji Period

Maker

Title

Arhats in Landscape

Year

Meiji Period

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Overall: 190 x 48 cm (74 13/16 x 18 7/8 inches) (including mount)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 蘇頻陀尊者趺坐石上右手握拳左手入[?]眉
長覆面
一手握拳一手閣膝累足而作萬古一日面部少寬
頭多峯巒若問法義兩眉覆觀

百年謹題
Translation: [The arhat] Subinda sits cross-legged on a stone, right hand making a fist, left hand placed in front of [chest?], long eyebrows covering face.

One hand forms a fist while the other is placed on the knee. [The arhat] sits, legs crossed [as if] ten thousand years were a day. [The arhat] has a slightly broad face, and an uneven skull that resembles peaks. If one asks about the meaning of the dharma, [the arhat responds with] two eyebrows covering cheeks.

Inscribed by Hyakunen

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: He reached Nirvana. And preaching it, his life has been in a dream.

Written by Chokunyū

Signature: 景年山人

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2023.111.1

Arhats in Landscape

Inscription Text/Poem: 蘇頻陀尊者趺坐石上右手握拳左手入[?]眉
長覆面
一手握拳一手閣膝累足而作萬古一日面部少寬
頭多峯巒若問法義兩眉覆觀

百年謹題
Translation: [The arhat] Subinda sits cross-legged on a stone, right hand making a fist, left hand placed in front of [chest?], long eyebrows covering face.

One hand forms a fist while the other is placed on the knee. [The arhat] sits, legs crossed [as if] ten thousand years were a day. [The arhat] has a slightly broad face, and an uneven skull that resembles peaks. If one asks about the meaning of the dharma, [the arhat responds with] two eyebrows covering cheeks.

Inscribed by Hyakunen

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: He reached Nirvana. And preaching it, his life has been in a dream.

Written by Chokunyū

Signature: 景年山人

Place Made: Japan
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