Kano Kazunobu's Five Hundred Arhats, in 800 year commemoration of Hōnen's death

$350.00

418 pages

A compilation of all 100 scrolls of "The Five Hundred Arhats," a masterpiece by Kano Kazunobu (1815-1863), a painter of the late Edo period, into a large-format, luxurious art book. Recently, with Ito Jakuchu at the forefront, Edo period painters have been driving a boom in Japanese art. Here, however, lies a masterpiece by a late Edo period painter who is still relatively unknown, a work that has rarely been publicly displayed, resting at Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba. The magnificent Buddhist paintings, "The Five Hundred Arhats," is depicted in vivid colors on large silk scrolls measuring 172.3 cm high by 85.3 cm wide, with five arhats per scroll, totaling 100 scrolls.

In box; with slipcase (Picture 3)

(2011)

418 pages

A compilation of all 100 scrolls of "The Five Hundred Arhats," a masterpiece by Kano Kazunobu (1815-1863), a painter of the late Edo period, into a large-format, luxurious art book. Recently, with Ito Jakuchu at the forefront, Edo period painters have been driving a boom in Japanese art. Here, however, lies a masterpiece by a late Edo period painter who is still relatively unknown, a work that has rarely been publicly displayed, resting at Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba. The magnificent Buddhist paintings, "The Five Hundred Arhats," is depicted in vivid colors on large silk scrolls measuring 172.3 cm high by 85.3 cm wide, with five arhats per scroll, totaling 100 scrolls.

In box; with slipcase (Picture 3)

(2011)