Jizō Playing a Flute

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Jizō Playing a Flute

Kano Tan'yūLinkedCulture matchlcp-f7f8028eeb26

Date
1670
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
122120

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In this painting by the renowned Kano School master, Kano Tan’yū, the salvific bodhisattva Jizō (Sanskrit: Ksitigarbha) descends from the sky on a wisp of cloud. In a unique take on Jizō imagery thought to have been invented by Tan’yū himself, the youthful bodhisattva plays a flute and wears a lotus leaf atop his head. Although images of a flute-playing Jizō are exceedingly rare, Mary Burke had two examples by Tan’yū in her collection. Japan, Asia

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Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

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