Minneapolis Institute of Art

White-robed Kannon

attributed to Kenkō Shōkei

Date: late 15th century
Medium: Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Buddhist monks, particularly those of the Zen school, were devoted landscape painters. Like calligraphy, painting was considered part of the spiritual training necessary for enlightenment. Zen monks favored monochrome ink painting due to its simplicity and straightforwardness. The priest Kenkō Shōkei, who served as secretary at Kenchōji Temple in Kamakura, studied Chinese paintings from the Song and Yuan dynasties and became a key figure in the ink-painting circles of Japan. (2013.29.143.1-.3) Asia

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