Bodhidharma

Object Details

• Artist

  Ekun Fugai 風外慧薫 (1568-1654)

• Description

  The subject of this painting is Bodhidharma, the Indian patriarch of Zen Buddhism. In a highly simplified style using only a few brush strokes, the artist Fūgai Eikun, has sketched the head and shoulders of Bodhidharma, giving emphasis to his penetrating gaze.

• Signatures

  Signed "Fugai" over a circular seal.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Peggy and Richard Danziger in honor of Kurt Gitter

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Fugai, Ekun

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Zen Buddhism, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Kakemono, Bodhidharma

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings