Crane with Bamboo right of a triptych of White-Robed Kannon and Cranes, 17th century, Attributed to Kano Tan'yū, Japanese, 1602 - 1674, 44 1/4 × 16 3/16 in. ( × cm) (image)20 3/4 × 76 3/4 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 17th century, Avalokiteshvara, known in Japanese as Kannon, is one of the most popular deities in Zen Buddhism. From the 1300s through the 1500s, Zen painters in Japan frequently created monochrome ink paintings of Kannon relaxing in nature. Nearly 200 years later, a professional painter, Kano Tan’yū, borrowed from this

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