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Hibo Kannon
Artist:Kano Hogai
| Support Type: | Silk |
| Paint Type: | Ink |
| Current Location: | Smithsonian\'s National Museum of Asian Art |
| Location History: | "Hibo Kannon" was painted by Kanō Hōgai in Japan in 1883 and was created for public exhibition rather than for use in a Buddhist temple. The hanging scroll was displayed at the 1883 Paris Salon, where it was acquired by the Parisian art dealer Siegfried Bing. A few years later, the American art historian and collector Ernest Fenollosa purchased the painting from Bing while in Europe. In 1902, Fenollosa sold it to the American collector Charles Lang Freer, who subsequently donated it to the Freer Gallery of Art (now part of the Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D.C., where it remains today in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art. |
The following painting is a beautiful portrayal of Kannon in disguise of a maternal figure who is nurturing and caring for a child has been described as an unusual presentation of the deity base on traditional works of art, as it sometimes follows the same pattern of the deity to be accompanied by a child. It is a beautiful painting, which fulfills its purpose since through it the viewer can feel the deity’s infinite compassion and love for her people, creating a very human and personal relationship between believers and Kannon.
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Manaswini Dash