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Ideal Portrait of Daruma

Early 16th century
Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, died 1523)
Kenko Shokei was a Zen Buddhist priest at Kenchoji, a temple in Kamakura, Japan. Following Chinese prototypes of paintings of Daruma, Kenko uses vibrant brushwork to depict the famous patriarch as a robed monk with strong features and a look of intense concentration.

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