The Bird's Nest Patriarch
early to mid-1600s
Image: 95.8 x 38.7 cm (37 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.); Overall: 187.3 x 50.8 cm (73 3/4 x 20 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.289
Tawaraya Sōtatsu’s painting was inspired by a 1602 Chinese book that featured images of legendary Chinese Buddhist experts and Daoist sages. The monk portrayed here is Niaoge, which literally means “Bird’s Nest.” He was a Zen practitioner who favored the isolation of treetops,...
Painting
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Terms
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Technique
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Medium
hanging scroll; ink on paper
Genre
Painting
Department
Japanese Art
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