Isshi Bunshu
Daruma from behind with Calligraphy

ArtistJapanese, 1608–1646
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Daruma from behind with Calligraphy
Date17th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 50 1/4 × 13 1/8 in. (127.6 × 33.3 cm)
Scroll: 76 1/2 × 20 × 1 1/4 in. (194.3 × 50.8 × 3.2 cm)
Storage box: 21 1/4 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (54 × 6.7 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Gitter-Yelen Collection, museum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.256
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceResearch Ongoing
Exhibition History"None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection," Japan Society Gallery, New York, New York, March 8–June 16, 2024. (OL.1698)
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