The Bird's Nest Patriarch, early to mid-1600s. Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: x cm (37 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.); overall: x cm (73 3/4 x 20 in.). Tawaraya S?tatsu’s painting was inspired by a 1602 Chinese book that featured images of legendary Chinese Buddhist experts and Daoist sages. The monk portrayed here is Niaoge, which literally means “Bird’s Nest.” He was a Zen practitioner who favored the isolation of treetops, from which he offered advice to the perplexed. The posture of the single figure suggests a dialogue with so
The Bird's Nest Patriarch, early to mid-1600s. Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570-c. 1640). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; image: x cm (37 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.); overall: x cm (73 3/4 x 20 in.). Tawaraya S?tatsu’s painting was inspired by a 1602 Chinese book that featured images of legendary Chinese Buddhist experts and Daoist sages. The monk portrayed here is Niaoge, which literally means “Bird’s Nest.” He was a Zen practitioner who favored the isolation of treetops, from which he offered advice to the perplexed. The posture of the single figure suggests a dialogue with someone below. S?tatsu was a master of the “boneless” (mokkotsu), or un-outlined, style of ink painting that relies on layered pools of ink wash for effect.
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