The sixteen arhats as customers in a shop
Draughtsman: Kyôsai, Kawanabe
The sixteen arhats (or rakan) were disciples of the Buddha Sakyamuni who were credited with supernatural powers which they practised to as apostles of the fiath between the time of Sakyamuni's death and the coming of the Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. They were traditionally depicted as old men with shaven heads wearing monastic robes and large earrings (large earlobes were associated with wisdom).
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1870
Drawing (image-making) : Black ink (sumi), with pentimenti
Accession number: PD.379-1991
Primary reference Number: 125537
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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