Mokuan Reien
Illustration — Mokuan Reien (1345) – HOTEI(BUDAI) Mokuan Reien (黙庵) (died 1345) was a Japanese painter of the late Kamakura and early Muromachi periods who helped bring Zen painting style from China to Japan. Ordained as a priest in Kamakura before 1323, Mokuan journeyed to China about 1327 to perfect his knowledge of Zen. Since many of the paintings bearing the Mokuan seal also have inscriptions by Chinese Zen masters, it is thought that they were first owned by these men and brought to Japan.
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Mokuan Reien
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- 1300
- Died
- 1345
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- Japan
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- painter · librarian · artist
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Illustration — Mokuan Reien (1345) – HOTEI(BUDAI) Mokuan Reien (黙庵) (died 1345) was a Japanese painter of the late Kamakura and early Muromachi periods who helped bring Zen painting style from China to Japan. Ordained as a priest in Kamakura before 1323, Mokuan journeyed to China about 1327 to perfect his knowledge of Zen. Since many of the paintings bearing the Mokuan seal also have inscriptions by Chinese Zen masters, it is thought that they were first owned by these men and brought to Japan.
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Mokuan Reien was artist, librarian and painter and Japan. Mokuan Reien was born in 1300. Mokuan Reien died in 1345.
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Therefore, he is considered one of the major artists to introduce the Chinese style suiboku (ink and wash) to Japan. During his life, Mokuan achieved a significant reputation as an artist to the point he was identified as "a second Mu Qi" one of the greatest Chinese Chan monk painters whose many works are even preserved in Japan.
默庵灵渊《四睡图》。前田育德会藏。36 × 70 cm。
黙庵霊淵
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Those registers additionally record the forms Mokuan Reien, Japanese artist, Mokuan Reien, artista japonés, Mokuan Reien, artiste japonais, Mokuan Reien, Japans kunstenaar (?-), Mokuan Reien, Japon sanatçı (1300 – 1345), Mokuan Reien, japanischer Maler und Künstler and Mokuan Reien, artist japonez.
Mokuan Reien is recorded as painter, librarian and artist.
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