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Japanese Painting, Fugen Bosatsu by Hozan browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1920: item # 1126002 Please refer to our stock # 111174 when inquiring.
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A courtesan mounted on a white elephant. She is an incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. The story of the subject comes from a Japanese Buddhist folklore. On the way to Tennoji temple, a Buddhist monk stopped a village called Eguchi, which was well known as one of the most flourished entertainment area. As he was caught by a sudden rain, he asked a courtesan for a night’s lodging in the village, however she refused his request. He grumbled and intoned a poem by a Japanese famous poet Saigyo Hoshi (1118 – 1190) “yo no naka wo itou made koso katakarame kari no yadori wo oshimu kimi kana”, which translates: It's hard to despise the whole world as a borrowed lodging, but that you should begrudge me even one night's lodging!”(from Classical Japanese Database). She then composed a poem back: If you renounced the world, you should not cling to a temporary worthless residence. The minutes she said she disappeared. She was actually a ghost of a courtesan. The monk commendably performed a memorable service for her. Then she appeared again on a boat dancing and singing, telling the transitoriness of life and changed to a Fugen Bosatsu. Her boat then changed to a white elephant. Painted on silk with ink and pigments. Signed Hozan and sealed. The painting accomapnies ivory scroll end, comes in an original paulownia wood fitted box signed by the artist. The painting is in very good condition with light insignificant stains due to age. (The scroll end can be changed on request.)
Ueshima Hozan(1875-1920) was a Japanese painter born in Okayama prefecture and resided in Osaka. He studied under Kimura Kanzan first and later trained under prominent Shijo scholl artists, Nishiyama Kan-ei and Watanabe Shoeki. Hozan was well adept at human figure, bird and flower paintings in Maruyama Shijo Scroll. He also had a profound knowledge of Noh and Kabuki performance. Painting: 16 5/8” x 41” (42.0cm x 104.0cm)
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