Youth as a Stand-in Monju
c. 1767
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 29.2 × 21.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-195146
In this image, a handsome young man replaces the Buddhist figure Monju, a bodhisattva—or enlightened being—often shown riding a lion. Monju symbolizes wisdom and customarily holds a sword and a sacred text atop a lotus flower. The youth here meditates instead on his tobacco kit and a long pipe. The print was once paired with another, showing a young woman replacing Fugen, a bodhisattva who rides an elephant.
Provenance
Whittemore, 1930.177
Registry history
- c. 1767 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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