Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhidharma Meditating Facing a Cliff

Date
late 1200s
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Culture
China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
147008

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Bodhidharma is the legendary founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China. Here he is seen meditating in front of a cliff, atop Mount Song. Behind him is his disciple Huike, the first recipient of his teaching. Rough and calligraphic brushwork for landscape and drapery contrasts with more psychologically penetrating representation of the two protagonists' faces.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
T. Inouye | ?–1972: (Kuniyoshi Miura, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1972–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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