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Gibones en un paisaje

ca. 1570
Not on view
El gibón, animal originario de las montañas boscosas de la China meridional, es conocido en el Japón gracias a la pintura y la poesía. Su aullido se vincula al sublime espíritu de la soledad en el lenguaje poético, y a una fuerza vital superior en la tradición taoísta. Los gibones pintados por el monje chino Muqi (activo ca. 1245) eran muy apreciados por los monjes Zen del Japón. A finales del siglo XV las pinturas de gibones a la manera de Muqi se convirtieron en un tema favorito para la decoración de biombos. Esta imagen de una cadena de gibones que vanamente intentan alcanzar el reflejo de la luna, símbolo de la iluminación, ilustra una paradoja fundamental de la doctrina Zen.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Gibones en un paisaje
  • Artista: Sesson Shūkei, japonés, ca. 1504–ca. 1589
  • Periodo: Periodo Muromachi
  • Fecha: ca. 1570
  • Material: Par de biombos de seis paneles; tinta sobre papel
  • Dimensiones: Cada uno 157,5 x 348 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Fondo Rogers y Fundación Vincent Astor, donaciones de la Fundación Mary Livingston Griggs y Mary Griggs Burke, y de Florence y Herbert Irving, 1992
  • Número de inventario: 1992.8.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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