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JAPON XIXe SIÈCLE
Portrait of a Buddhist monk
Possibly the patriarch Hônen Shônin, in polychrome lacquered wood. The figure is shown seated in lotus position, wearing a black monastic robe and a kesa over his left shoulder, his hands formerly holding a rosary.
The wrinkled face is treated in a naturalistic manner, the eyes inlaid with glass, the expression benevolent.
H. 64 cm
NOTE:
This piece is to be compared with a sculpture in the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet (MG9505) depicting the "Holy man Hônen", with many similarities in both the posture of the hands and the physical portrait of the patriarch.
Hônen (1133 - 1212), also known as Genku or Hônen-bo, was the founder of the Jôdô sect ("School of the Pure Land"). Founded in 1175, this sect is devoted solely to devotion to Amida Buddha through the recitation of nembutsu. Thus, thanks to Amida's compassion, beings are reborn in his Pure Land of the West, where they can more easily achieve enlightenment. Jôdô shu is the most widely practiced Buddhist movement in Japan.
Portrait of a Buddhist monk
Possibly the patriarch Hônen Shônin, in polychrome lacquered wood. The figure is shown seated in lotus position, wearing a black monastic robe and a kesa over his left shoulder, his hands formerly holding a rosary.
The wrinkled face is treated in a naturalistic manner, the eyes inlaid with glass, the expression benevolent.
H. 64 cm
NOTE:
This piece is to be compared with a sculpture in the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet (MG9505) depicting the "Holy man Hônen", with many similarities in both the posture of the hands and the physical portrait of the patriarch.
Hônen (1133 - 1212), also known as Genku or Hônen-bo, was the founder of the Jôdô sect ("School of the Pure Land"). Founded in 1175, this sect is devoted solely to devotion to Amida Buddha through the recitation of nembutsu. Thus, thanks to Amida's compassion, beings are reborn in his Pure Land of the West, where they can more easily achieve enlightenment. Jôdô shu is the most widely practiced Buddhist movement in Japan.