Artist
Reisai
(霊彩; fl. 1430–50)
Catalogue information
Muromachi period
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and light color on paper
Each scroll 96.5 x 34.6 cm (38 x 13 5/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Ex Coll.: Satsuma Jihei
Literature
Shimada Shūjirō 1969, vol. 1, pls. 8, 9
; 1969
[Editor]. Zaigai hihō: Ōbei shūzō Nihon kaiga shūsei (Japanese paintings in Western collections). Vol. 1, Bukkyō kaiga, yamato-e, suibokuga (Buddhist painting, yamato-e, and ink painting). Vol. 2, Shōbyōga, Rinpa, bunjinga (Screen paintings, rinpa, and literati painting). Vol. 3, Nikuhitsu ukiyoe (Hand-painted ukiyo-e). Tokyo: Gakushū Kenkyūsha.
Tanaka Ichimatsu 1974, pl. 39
; 1974
Kaō, Mokuan, Minchō. Suiboku bijutsu taikei (Art of ink painting), 5. Tokyo: Kōdansha.
Murase 1975, no. 31
; 1975
Japanese Art: Selections from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Shimizu and Wheelwright 1976, no. 5
; 1976
[Editors]. Japanese Ink Paintings from American Collections: The Muromachi Period; An Exhibition in Honor of Shūjirō Shimada. Exh. cat. Princeton: The Art Museum, Princeton University.
Shimada Shūjirō 1979, nos. 21, 22
; 1979
[Editor]. Suibokuga (Ink painting). Zaigai Nihon no shihō (Japanese art: Selections from Western collections), 3. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha.
Tokyo National Museum 1980, no. 106
; 1980
Cha no bijutsu (Art of the tea ceremony). Exh. cat. Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum.
Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 15
; 1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.
Avitabile 1990, no. 38
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 1992, pp. 152–53
; 1992
Il Giappone. Storia universale dell’arte: La civiltà dell’Oriente. Turin: UTET.
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art 1998, p. 178, no. 8
; 1998
Zen-dera no eshi tachi (Painters of Zen temples). Exh. cat. Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art.
Murase 2000, no. 54
; 2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tsuji Nobuo et al. 2005, no. 38
; 2005
Nyūyōku Bāku korekushon-ten: Nihon no bi sanzennen no kagayaki / Enduring Legacy of Japanese Art: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu; Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; and Miho Museum, Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture. [Tokyo]: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
Levine and Lippit 2007, no. 17.
2007
Awakenings: Zen Figure Paintings in Medieval Japan. Exh. cat. New York: Japan Society.
See also
- Japanese paintings » Ink Painting of the Muromachi and Momoyama Periods
- Hanging scrolls
- Works of the Muromachi period
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 97 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.