Artist
Itō Jakuchū
(伊藤若冲; 1716–1800)
Catalogue information
Edo period
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
104 x 30.4 cm (41 x 12 in.)
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 431 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Seals
[middle right edge] Tō Jokin in
; Jakuchū koji
Text
by Ike Taiga (1723–1776)
One is the bodhisattva Fugen / and the other a grand Buddhist master. / How can one tell? / By the worn brooms, tattered sutras, and poems that follow no rhyme schemes.
Signature
[upper left] Higashiyama Usō Mumei
Seals
[upper left] Higashiyama Ikeshi
; Mumei
Supplementary Transcriptions
Seals
滕女鈞印（白文長方印）(intaglio, rectangle)
若沖居士（朱文圓印）(relief, round)
Text
一箇大行薩埵﹐1
一箇大佛袒師﹐
何以為驗？
弊帚殘經落韻詩。
Signature
東山迂叟橆名
Seals
東山池氏（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
無名（白文方印）(intaglio, square)
Notes
1. Bodhisattva of Great Deeds refers to Samantabhadra (普賢菩薩).