JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL KAKEJIKU / Dragon Painting by Buncho Tani #902. October 15, 1763 January 6, 1841. He was the son of the poet Tani Rokkoku (17291809). As his family were retainers of the Tayasu Family of descendents of the eighth Tokugawa. Bunch inherited samurai status and received a stipend to meet the responsibilities this entailed. In his youth he began studying the painting techniques of the. Under Kat Bunrei (170682). After Bunrei’s death, Bunch worked with masters of other schools, such as the literati painter Kitayama Kangen (17671801), and developed a wide stylistic range that included many Chinese, Japanese and European idioms. He rose to particular prominence as the retainer of. (17591829), genetic son of the Tayasu who was adopted into the Matsudaira family before becoming chief. Bunch is best known for his idealized landscapes in the literati style (Nanga or Bunjinga). Unlike most bunjinga painters of his time, however, Bunch was an extremely eclectic artist, painting idealized Chinese landscapes, actual Japanese sites, and poetically-inspired traditional scenery. He also painted portraits of his contemporaries (such as Ono Ranzan and Kimura Kenkad), as well as imagined images of such Chinese literati heroes as Su Shi and Tao Yuanming. Since travel outside Japan was forbidden under the Tokugawa shogunate, Bunch was unable to study in China; he spent many years traveling around Japan, studying Chinese, Japanese, and Western art (, Yga). Watanabe Kazan, Sakai Hitsu and Takaku Aigai were among his disciples. One of his pupils was the renowned painter Okuhara Seiko. Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu. In Japan, he is known as Daruma. Little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend and unreliable details. According to the principal Chinese sources, Bodhidharma came from the Western Regions, which refers to Central Asia but may also include the Indian subcontinent, and was either a “Persian Central Asian” or a South Indian… The third son of a great Indian king. Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as an ill-tempered, profusely-bearded, wide-eyed non-Chinese person. He is referred as “The Blue-Eyed Barbarian” (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bìynhú) in Chan texts. Aside from the Chinese accounts, several popular traditions also exist regarding Bodhidharma’s origins. The accounts also differ on the date of his arrival, with one early account claiming that he arrived during the Liu Song dynasty (420479) and later accounts dating his arrival to the Liang dynasty (502557). Bodhidharma was primarily active in the territory of the Northern Wei (386-634). Modern scholarship dates him to about the early 5th century. Bodhidharma’s teachings and practice centered on meditation and the Lakvatra Stra. The Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall (952) identifies Bodhidharma as the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism in an uninterrupted line that extends all the way back to the Gautama Buddha himself. Size: 465 mm x 1660 mm. Material of the Main Artwork: Silk. Roller End Material: Wood. We can combine some items into 1 package. (SAL / Small Packet). 2 to 3 weeks. Please feel safe that we wrap the package very well to avoid breakage in transit. The item “JAPANESE HANGING SCROLL KAKEJIKU / Dragon Painting by Buncho Tani #902″ is in sale since Friday, February 7, 2020. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Paintings & Scrolls”. The seller is “japan_kakejiku_shop” and is located in Kobe city. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Paintings
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Region of Origin: Japan
- Featured Refinements: Japanese Hanging Scroll
- Age: 1800-1849
- Primary Material: Paper
- Maker: Buncho Tani
- Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
- Color: Black
