Minneapolis Institute of Art
Monju on a Lion
Kiyohara YukinobuLinkedCulture matchlcp-be124f88a19f
- Date
- second half 17th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 6623
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The bodhisattva Monju (Sanskrit: Mañjuśri) is depicted here reading a sutra on the back of his vehicle, a blue lion. This painting once served as the right-hand scroll of a triad of Buddhist deities centered on the historical Buddha, Shaka (S: Shakyamuni). Monju and his blue lion would have been balanced on the far left by the bodhisattva Fugen (S: Samantabhadra), who rides a white elephant. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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