Shō-Kannon, first half 19th century, Suzuki Kiitsu, Japanese, 1796 - 1858, 39 3/4 × 18 5/8 in. ( × cm) (image)76 × 28 1/8 in. ( × cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold on silk, Japan, 19th century, Shō-Kannon represents the primary form of the bodhisattva of compassion. Seated on a lotus blossom, he holds a lotus bud in his left hand and his right hand forms a mudrā across his chest. Encircling Kannon’s head and torso is a moon-like halo set against a deep blue sky that recalls Kiitsu’s Moon and Waves, also in this exhibition

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