Minneapolis Institute of Art
Jizō Playing a Flute
Kano Tan'yū
- Date
- 1670
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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