30th Nov, 2023 15:00

Fine Chinese & Japanese Paintings

 
  Lot 76
 

76

‘KANNONS OF SAIGOKU SANJUSAN-SHO,’ DATED 1721

Sold for €4,160

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Lot details

Japan, dated 1721 by inscription. Ink, gouache, watercolors, and gold paint on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on silk brocade coated paper with chased copper handles bearing remnants of gilt. Finely painted in exquisite detail, each of the eleven Kannons are posed on a lotus base atop swirling clouds, surrounded by elaborate mandorlas with an identifying inscription written to the side of every figure.

Inscriptions: The names of each temple written beside their corresponding Kannon: ‘Katsuo-ji,’ ‘Nakayama-dera,’ ‘Kiyomizu-dera,’ ‘Ichijo-ji,’ ‘Engyo-ji,’ ‘Nariai-ji,Matsunoo-dera,’ ‘Hogon-ji,’ ‘Chomei-ji,’ ‘Kannonsho-ji,’ ‘Kegon-ji.‘ The left-hand side reads, ‘Prince Kajii-no-miya, also known as Donin Hoshinno of the first rank, consecrated this,’ and below this reads, ‘On the third of the fourth month of Kyoho, sixth year (corresponding to 1721), in the zodiac year of Kanoto-ushi, high priest Zuirensha Teiyo who lead the 33rd memorial service, the devotee Ensei Shinyo Yuisho’. To the back, ‘Restored by the devotee donor Joshin, on the 19th of the third month of Bunsei, 12th year (corresponding to 1829), in the year of the ox, at the Dainebitsu-ji temple, Izumi Sakai, Osaka.’

Provenance: German private collection. The back with an old collector’s label in Japanese, ‘Number 53.’
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, soiling, light creasing, and minor old restorations as mentioned in the inscription at the back. The silk brocade in good condition with minor wear, traces of age, and minor losses.

Dimensions: Image size 124.5 x 67.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 198 x 84.7 cm

The Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho
(‘Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage’) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The eleven temples listed by name in this lot are part of this temple pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai. The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Guanyin.

Donin Hosshinno (1689-1733), also known as Morinaga, was son of the ruler Fushimi-no-miya Sadayuki shinno (1632-1694). He was ordained and served as the chief abbot (zasu) of Enryakuji. Given his aristocratic background, he became known as the priest prince (hosshinno) upon his ordination. He was the head of the Japanese Tendai school of Buddhism and the 194th head abbot of Enryakuji Temple, Kyoto.

The Dainenbutsu- ji Temple is the head temple of the Yuzu Nenbutsu sect in Hirano Ward, Osaka. It was founded in 1127 on the mountain of Daigenzan by the monk Ryonin during the reign of Emperor Toba.

 

Japan, dated 1721 by inscription. Ink, gouache, watercolors, and gold paint on silk. Mounted as a hanging scroll, on silk brocade coated paper with chased copper handles bearing remnants of gilt. Finely painted in exquisite detail, each of the eleven Kannons are posed on a lotus base atop swirling clouds, surrounded by elaborate mandorlas with an identifying inscription written to the side of every figure.

Inscriptions: The names of each temple written beside their corresponding Kannon: ‘Katsuo-ji,’ ‘Nakayama-dera,’ ‘Kiyomizu-dera,’ ‘Ichijo-ji,’ ‘Engyo-ji,’ ‘Nariai-ji,Matsunoo-dera,’ ‘Hogon-ji,’ ‘Chomei-ji,’ ‘Kannonsho-ji,’ ‘Kegon-ji.‘ The left-hand side reads, ‘Prince Kajii-no-miya, also known as Donin Hoshinno of the first rank, consecrated this,’ and below this reads, ‘On the third of the fourth month of Kyoho, sixth year (corresponding to 1721), in the zodiac year of Kanoto-ushi, high priest Zuirensha Teiyo who lead the 33rd memorial service, the devotee Ensei Shinyo Yuisho’. To the back, ‘Restored by the devotee donor Joshin, on the 19th of the third month of Bunsei, 12th year (corresponding to 1829), in the year of the ox, at the Dainebitsu-ji temple, Izumi Sakai, Osaka.’

Provenance: German private collection. The back with an old collector’s label in Japanese, ‘Number 53.’
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, soiling, light creasing, and minor old restorations as mentioned in the inscription at the back. The silk brocade in good condition with minor wear, traces of age, and minor losses.

Dimensions: Image size 124.5 x 67.5 cm, Size incl. mounting 198 x 84.7 cm

The Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho
(‘Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage’) is a pilgrimage of thirty-three Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region of Japan, similar to the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The eleven temples listed by name in this lot are part of this temple pilgrimage. In addition to the official thirty-three temples, there are an additional three known as bangai. The principal image in each temple is Kannon, known to Westerners as the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Guanyin.

Donin Hosshinno (1689-1733), also known as Morinaga, was son of the ruler Fushimi-no-miya Sadayuki shinno (1632-1694). He was ordained and served as the chief abbot (zasu) of Enryakuji. Given his aristocratic background, he became known as the priest prince (hosshinno) upon his ordination. He was the head of the Japanese Tendai school of Buddhism and the 194th head abbot of Enryakuji Temple, Kyoto.

The Dainenbutsu- ji Temple is the head temple of the Yuzu Nenbutsu sect in Hirano Ward, Osaka. It was founded in 1127 on the mountain of Daigenzan by the monk Ryonin during the reign of Emperor Toba.

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