Zhou Jichang
Illustration — Chen Chun, Rock Bridge at Tiantai Mountain, Freer Gallery of Art, 1178 Zhou Jichang (Japanese: Shuu Kijou) (active in the late twelfth century) was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 AD). His artwork prominently featured central themes of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist folklore. His contemporary and associate Lin Tinggui collaborated with him on the completion of the artistic project known as the Five Hundred Luohan in 1178 AD. In the United States, his artwork is housed in the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Zhou Jichang
Zhou Jichang (周季常) · Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 1997. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 4. · Public domain
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Illustration — Chen Chun, Rock Bridge at Tiantai Mountain, Freer Gallery of Art, 1178 Zhou Jichang (Japanese: Shuu Kijou) (active in the late twelfth century) was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 AD). His artwork prominently featured central themes of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist folklore. His contemporary and associate Lin Tinggui collaborated with him on the completion of the artistic project known as the Five Hundred Luohan in 1178 AD. In the United States, his artwork is housed in the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Many of his other works are also located at Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. His most famous painting is Rock Bridge at Tiantai Mountain.
Work by Zhou Jichang is recorded in the collections of Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Freer Gallery of Art.
Luohan Laundering - Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 118 x 53.1 cm. This is part of the 500 Luohan collection.
Zhou Jichang (周季常) · Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 1997. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 4.
Zhou Jichang - Lohan manifesting himself as an eleven-headed Guanyin - Google Art Project
Zhou Jichang second half of 12th century – By (Chinese) Details on Google Art Project · -QFAIDopcUb7yA at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
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