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A Beautiful Silk Painting of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Painted in Gold against an Indigo Blackground\u003cbr\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'inherit',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Meiryo; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eYagi Ariyoshi\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA Late Meiji to very Early Showa Period, early 20th century silk painting of the Willow-and-Moon Kannon, also known as the Yoryu Kannon, or Avalokiteśvara.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe main icon of Yoryu Kannon has been fully painted to heavy detail in gold, with particular focus to the design of the Kannon's vestments, and a large, radiating mandorla. The background is an intense shade of indigo, making the Kannon shine all the brighter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOne of the 33 different manifestations of Avalokiteśvara. Yoryu Kannon is the Bodhisattva of Compassion, its mission to save people from illness. It is called Yoryu Kannon because it holds a willow branch in its right hand. The Kannon is depicted in various cultures, and during the Goryeo Period of Korea has been depicted in paintings such as the Water-Moon Avalokiteśvara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA Japan painter active Late Meiji to Early Showa periods, \u003cb\u003eYagi Ariyoshi\u003c\/b\u003e was once a well-known painter, being listed in the National Painting Excellence Directory. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe painting has been neatly mounted onto a brocade decorated \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), with \u003ci\u003ejikusaki\u003c\/i\u003e (knobs) made of lacquered wood. 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