Tenjin Traveling to China late 16th century Konoe Nobutada This abbreviated, strongly brushed depiction of Tenjin—the posthumously deified spirit of Heian-period statesman and poet Sugawara Michizane (845–903)—was created by the courtier, artist, and poet extolled for his calligraphy as one of the "Three Brushes of the Kan'ei period." Nobutada, who held several high-ranking court positions and was once exiled for political reasons, studied Zen under the abbot Takuan S?h? (1573–1645) and was influenced by the spontaneous mode of painting practiced by Zen monks. He produced a number of ink paint
Tenjin Traveling to China late 16th century Konoe Nobutada This abbreviated, strongly brushed depiction of Tenjin—the posthumously deified spirit of Heian-period statesman and poet Sugawara Michizane (845–903)—was created by the courtier, artist, and poet extolled for his calligraphy as one of the "Three Brushes of the Kan'ei period." Nobutada, who held several high-ranking court positions and was once exiled for political reasons, studied Zen under the abbot Takuan S?h? (1573–1645) and was influenced by the spontaneous mode of painting practiced by Zen monks. He produced a number of ink paintings of Tenjin in a spare, powerful style characterized by an economy of brushwork and sketch-like quality. A near-duplicate of this particular version exists in the Manyo’an Collection in New text, composed and inscribed by Nobutada, reads:If just the heart is set on the path of truth, even without prayers, will not gods protect me?—Trans. Miyeko Murase. Tenjin Traveling to China. Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 1565–1614). Japan. late 16th century. Hanging scroll; ink on paper. Momoyama period (1573–1615). Paintings
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