The Burke Collection
Gyoran Kannon (魚籃観音)
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Artist

Miyagawa Chōshun

(宮川長春; 1683–1753)

Catalogue information

Edo period

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

126.4 x 53.4 cm (49 3/4 x 21 in.)

Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Ex Coll.: Frank E. Hart

Additional details

D262-1
D262-1

Text

by Chōshun

Queen Mother of the West Loves Peaches of Longevity; / Seven Sages Enter the Bamboo Grove. // Deep in the bamboo grove / the coolness invites contemplation.

Signature

Painted by the Yamato-e painter Miyagawa Chōshun

Seal

Illegible