The Art of Zen

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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The Art of Zen
Stephen Addiss, curator
August 28, 1989–October 29, 1989
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

The dynamic brushwork of monks of the Edo, Meiji, and Taisho periods express Zen ideals in this exhibition organized by Professor Stephen Addiss and supported by the Commemorative Association of the Japan World Exposition and the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.

Works of art

Fūgai Ekun (1568–1654), Daruma crossing the river
late 1500s–early 1600s, Momoyama period (1573–1615) or Edo period (1600–1868)