Chigo Daishi (The Great Master Kûkai as a Child)

CultureJapanese

Date15th century

MediumHanging scroll; ink, colors and gold on silk

DimensionsImage: 26 × 15 inches (66.04 × 38.1 cm)
Mount: 54 × 20 1/2 inches (137.16 × 52.07 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.

Object number69-34/1

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionFigure of Kobo Daishi (alternately known as Kukai) as a boy seated on lotus blossom, wearing red jacket with floral design over white robe; hands in anjali (prayer) gesture; figure enclosed within a circle outlined with narrow gold border and rectangular panel of darkened silk. Outer mounting of faded red brocade on mounting of dark gold-colored silk (stained at top right). attached to top; gilt-bronze chiku. (Silk, loose weave, worn in areas.) White silk wrapper, separate wooden roller, wooden box, and outer black lacquer box, with grProvenance

Provenance

Gift –

With Mayuyama & Co., LTD., Tokyo, before 1969;

With Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr., Shawnee Mission, KS, by 1969;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1969.

Published References

The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, “Recent Acquisitions” in The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum Bulletin, Vol. IV, no. 12 (May, 1971): 32, fig. 15, (Repro.).

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