Budai, mid 17th century, Seigan Sōi, 1588 - 1661, 13 × 23 1/8 in. ( × cm) (image)45 1/4 × 25 1/8 in. ( × cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 17th century, Tea masters usually chose paintings related to Zen Buddhism or calligraphy by Zen monks to decorate the tearoom alcove during a gathering. This work by a Zen monk shows Budai (Hotei in Japanese), a legendary Chinese Zen monk who later came to be considered an incarnation of the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya. You may know Budai as the chubby 'Laughing Buddha' or 'Fat Buddha,'

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