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ground, in abbreviated lines of ink with Shaking your brain and turning your head, Ashikaga shogunate. This painting was
varying thickness and tonality. In the tradi- You are getting old and senile in front of the later examined and approved by the Edo
tion of mdryoga (wang-liang-hua in Chi- Jeweled Pavilion. connoisseur and painter Kano Tan'yü
nese), or "apparition painting," some of After Sudhana is gone, (1602-1674), wno e ms sea on the box in
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the pale ink lines seem to vanish, creating Do you know if the grass is still green or which the painting is stored. MR
a figure that appears to float on the paper. not?
The inscription, by Yanqi Guangwen
(1189-1263), a Chinese Chan (J: Zen) Yanqi became abbot of Jingshan in 1256
monk and abbot of the monastery of Jing- and remained there until his death. Thus
shan in Hangzhou, was requested by a the painting can be dated between 1256
Zen monk, a certain Chan-liao, who can- and 1263. Zhiweng's works were brought
not be identified: to Japan from China during the Muro-
machi period, a time when many Chinese
Having walked far and wide, paintings were brought over by Japanese
Having been running back and forth, Zen pilgrims and avidly collected by the

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