Budai (Hotei) yawning

Artist Sengai Gibon (Japanese, 1750 - 1837)

Place of OriginJapan

Date1822

PeriodEdo period (1615-1868)

CultureJapanese

MaterialsInk on paper

DimensionsH. 17 1/16 in x W. 22 1/8 in, H. 43.3 cm x W. 56.2 cm (image); H. 55 1/2 in x W. 26 3/8 in, H. 141.0 cm x W. 67.0 cm (overall)

Credit LineGift from The Collection of George Gund III

Object number2016.145

DepartmentJapanese Art

ClassificationsPainting

On View

Not on view

SignedSealed: "Sengai"

InscribedTwelve-line inscription above by Sengai Gibon : Shakyamuni is long gone under the twin Sala Trees; Maitreya is still [in meditation] in the Tushita Heaven. How aged I've grown now! I have ceased to dream of the King of Chou! -trans. by D.T. Suzuki 釈迦已歸雙林　彌勒未内宮甚矣吾衰也　不復見周公 [壬牛晩秋?? 1822?] Signed: 厓陳[ ]

Provenance Statement

Leighton Longhi, New York NY, until 1997; sold to George Gund III, May 27, 1997; donated to AAM by Estate of George Gund III in 2016.