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rows; in meditation and reading of sacred 9 Ando En'e Zen priests), he sits on a clerical chair, his
books he protects Buddhism. Inside and out- hanging scroll; ink and color on silk shoes on the footstool. He rests his folded
side, pledging to the mountains and rivers 120.0 X 58.0 (47 V4 X 227/8) hands in his lap, unlike Zen priests who in
for the sake of the rulers and vassals, always Kamakura period, no later than 1330 their portraits usually hold a hossu (Zen
with propriety and benevolence, he attains Nara National Museum monk's whisk) or shippei (bamboo staff).
saintly wisdom. Important Cultural Property The painting portrays a robust phy-
An auspicious day in the tenth month sique, capturing the sturdy and dignified
of the fourth year ofEisei [1507], Keijo This portrait of the lay Zen Buddhist appearance of the warrior with even lines
Shùrin was ordered to and respectfully Ando En'e was painted during his lifetime. in light ink. The drapery, too, is depicted
added an inscription. En'e is the Buddhist name of Andô Suke- with an economy and directness of brush
Keijo [tripod-shaped relief seal] yasu, son of Ando Renshó (1240-1330), who line.
Shùrin [square intaglio seal] MS was a military leader of the late Kamakura Above the figure are three square
period and a patron of Kumedadera, a seals and an inscription written by the
temple that belonged to the Esoteric Chinese Zen monk Ming-ji Chu-jun (1262-
Shingon school of Buddhism in Izumi 1336) on the first day of the second month
Province (part of present-day Osaka Pre- of 1330.
fecture). Little is known about the sitter. His eyebrows long like a tree trunk, and his
In this portrait, formerly in Kumeda- nose straight like a zhong [bell].
dera, En'e is tonsured and wears a kesa
(priest's mantle). As in chinsd (portraits of

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