The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set

The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set

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Title: The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Fugen Bosatsu), Circa 1500-1600. A Rare Painting Depicting the Bodhisattva who represents Action, Once Part of a Shaka Triad Set
Condition: Very Good

A Late Muromachi or Azuchi-Momoyama Period, 16th century painting depicting the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, or Fugen Bosatsu, the Bodhisattva who represents action, and is associated with practice and meditation. The Bodhisattva sits atop a lotus flower, which has been balanced atop the Six-tusked White Elephant, with a beautiful, golden mandorla, and a lotus leaf 'parasol' in hand. This depiction aligns with early Heian examples, albeit not being produced on silk, and appears to be one that would have been part of an early Shakyamuni Triad painting, with the Buddha accompanies by both Fugen and Bosatsu.

The painting has been neatly mounted onto a kakejiku (hanging scroll), with jikusaki (knobs) made of lacquered wood.

One painting mounted on a kakejiku (hanging scroll), 103 x 44.3 cm full size, 43 x 21.7 cm main painting

This painting is in very good shape, with some wear and old staining to the protective covers and fabric. There is some minor wear and creasing to the painting.