Arhat (Shaka), one of a set of sixteen

Object Details

• Artist

  Ryozen (ca. 1328-ca. 1360)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Historical Buddha and Friends (November 3, 2018 to May 5, 2019)

  Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples (March 10 to July 8, 2012)

  Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

  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 Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Ryozen, buddha

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Shakyamuni Buddha, Japanese Art, Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392), Halo, Kakemono, Ascetic

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings