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Water-Moon Kannon
attributed to Gakuō Zōkyū (Japanese, active about 1482–1514)
c. 1500
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Painting: 104.8 x 44 cm (41 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.); Mounted: 207 x 62.5 cm (81 1/2 x 24 5/8 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This painting of Kannon, a Buddhist deity of mercy and compassion with many forms. is attributed to Gakuō Zōkyū, a well-known Zen monk who specialized in ink painting. Kannon looks at the moon reflected in the water, a symbol of impermanence, and holds a willow branch and water vase symbolizing healing and purification.
