Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain, 1500s. Attributed to Gakuō Zōkyū (Japanese, active about 1482–1514). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; mounted: x cm (51 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.). Attributed to the artist Gaku?, this painting has a spurious seal of the influential Sh?kokuji temple monk-painter Tensh? Sh?bun (died about 1444–50), with whom he is said to have trained. Gaku? may have hailed from Ise in present-day Wakayama prefecture, an area south of Kyoto in the Kansai region. Although not much is known about his life, inscriptions on some of his paintings indicate strong ties with eminent
Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain, 1500s. Attributed to Gakuō Zōkyū (Japanese, active about 1482–1514). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; mounted: x cm (51 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.). Attributed to the artist Gaku?, this painting has a spurious seal of the influential Sh?kokuji temple monk-painter Tensh? Sh?bun (died about 1444–50), with whom he is said to have trained. Gaku? may have hailed from Ise in present-day Wakayama prefecture, an area south of Kyoto in the Kansai region. Although not much is known about his life, inscriptions on some of his paintings indicate strong ties with eminent monks in Kyoto’s major Zen temples.
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