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Annotated Painting - Dialogue with Master Fayan |
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Annotated Painting - Dialogue with Master Fayan |
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Annotated Painting - Dialogue with Master Fayan |
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Annotated Painting - Dialogue with Master Fayan |
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Annotated Painting - Dialogue with Master Fayan
CHINA; Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279); By Empress Yang Meizi; Running-regular script; Ink on silk; 79.2 x 32.9 cm; Tenryuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Chan Master Fayan Wenyi was the founding Patriarch of the Fayan school of Chan Buddhism. This portrait of him was painted by Ma Yuan, and later an annotation was written by Empress Yang Meizi of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). The notation reads, The lands |