Artist
Unkoku Tōgan
(雲谷等顔; 1547–1618)
Catalogue information
Momoyama period
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
89.6 x 33.4 cm (35 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
See also
- Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Momoyama period
- Works by Unkoku Tōgan
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 138 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Seals
[lower right] Unkoku
; Tōgan
Text
by Monk Shōsō
Though he grudgingly settled down under patronage, so what? / Taking his leave halfway, he traveled through Liang and Wei. /
Signature
Respectfully inscribed by Enson Biku Shōsō
Supplementary Transcriptions
Seals
雲谷（白文圓印） (intaglio, round)
等顏（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
Text
落草求人﹐縱然恁麼。
半路抽身﹐走過梁魏。 1
Signature
遠孫比丘琮謹讚。
Notes
1. The poem refers to Bodhidharma (died 536 or 532 or 528), who arrived in south China during the reign of Emperor Wudi 武帝 (502-549) of the Liang dynasty (502-557). He met with Emperor Wudi in Nanjing, capital of the Liang, but they did not get along well. Consequently he went north to Luoyang, capital of the Northern Wei dynasty (386-535).