Rakan, between 1684 and 1695

  • Shoun Genkei, Japanese, 1648 - 1710

Lacquered wood with traces of gilding

  • Overall: 36 1/2 × 31 × 28 inches (92.7 × 78.7 × 71.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

44.75

1695-[unknown date], in the collection of Ōbaku Zen temple Gohyaku Rakanji (Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, Tokyo, Japan). until 1944, (R. Stora & Company, New York, New York, USA)

1944, purchased by the Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with funds from Mr. Edgar B. Whitcomb [1866-1953] and Mrs. Anna Scripps Whitcomb [1866-1953] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1944-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Lee, Sherman E. The Art Quarterly, vol. 10 (1947): pp. 124-132. Richardson, E. P. Catalogue of the Whitcomb Gifts. 1954, p. 117. Bulletin of the DIA 44, no. 3 (1965): p. 60 (ill.). DIA Handbook. 1971, p. 57. Trends and Traditions in Japanese Art. Exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art. Ann Arbor, March 23-June 10, 1984, [checklist insert].

Shoun Genkei, Rakan, between 1684 and 1695, lacquered wood with traces of gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 44.75.