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Monkan-bō Kōshin: Figure of a Monk   (  )
Artist	Monkan-bō Kōshin  (1278–1357)     Alternative names Monkan, Kōshin, Shuon, Ono-no-Sōjō, Saint Monkan Description Japanese painter, Bhikkhu, visual artist and sculptor Date of birth/death 4 February 1278 / 1278  21 November 1357 / 1357  Authority file : Q11500110 VIAF: 267018608 ISNI: 0000000382835812 LCCN: no2007103749 SUDOC: 238570908 NDL: 00531124 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q11500110
Title	Figure of a Monk
Description	English: The inscription under the base of this figure states that it was made for (or perhaps by) Monkan in the year 1347. It likely represents a Shingon priest of this name who lived from 1278-1357 and excelled in the painting of Buddhist subjects. The sculpture's small scale, fine detail, and formal composition suggest that it ws made as a personal devotional object for use at temple feasts and other ritualized functions. It is carved from a single piece of Japanese cedar.
Date	1347 (Muromachi)
Medium	wood medium QS:P186,Q287
Dimensions	height: 22 cm (8.6 in); width: 16.6 cm (6.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,16.6U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	61.267
Place of creation	Kyoto, Japan
Object history	Bunkio Matsuki Sale, Amemrican Art Association, New York, February 8 - 10, 1906, no. 284 1906: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1906
Inscriptions	[Signature] Shamon Monkan; [Dedication] Shamon Monkan; [Date] Shohei ni (1347)
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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