Fusuma-e Paintings, Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan (1950 paintings)

Artist/Designer: Japanese

Project Location: Kyoto, Japan

Style/Period(s):
No Style/Period Assigned.

Primary Material(s):
Paint, Wood, Paper Screen

Function(s):
Buddhist Temple

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
1450, 1950-1959

Additional Information:
Fusuma-e Paintings, Ryoan-ji
The wall door paintings that once decorated the hōjō are preserved today in Japanese and overseas collections. Among them, two large panels depicting “Chinese Immortals” and the “Four Elegant Accomplishments” (above) belonged to Ryōanji’s main hall and once faced its rock garden. They were removed from Ryōanji and sold in 1895, when Buddhism was persecuted during the new Meiji regime. These works entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1989.


https://www.kyoto-np.com/en/articles/-/281?page=1:
Ryoan-ji Temple was founded by Katsumoto Hosokawa in 1450 and has historical connections with the Hosokawa family. The fusuma paintings in the main hall, which were created in the 1950s, had become badly damaged over time.


See post titled : Unryuzu, Fusuma-e Paintings, Morihiro Hosokawa, Ryoan-ji (2022) for temporary exhibition in 2023:
Morihiro Hosokawa proposed the idea of dedicating new Fusuma-e paintings to the temple during a visit to Ryoan-ji ten years ago. In 2022, Morihiro Hosokawa dedicated thirty-two Fusuma-e paintings, and in 2023, he added eight more at Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Building Address
13 Ryoanji Goryonoshita-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

Significant Dates
1450 Building Construction, fusuma

TAGS: Japan, Kyoto, Fusuma, Temple

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