材质:ink on paper 形制:Hanging scroll 拍品描述:Sealed Kokantei， Hakuin and Ekaku 来源 Kokon， Inc.， New York The title of this painting sutasuta bozu or gannin bozu refers to the monk-performers who went to worship at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples on behalf of busy merchants and courtesans. There is a verse that goes， Here they come， here they come again， always coming but never staying， sutasuta bozu who earned three hundred yen， and then took off all their clothes as a substitute for worship. In reality， these monk-performers would recite such verses while pouring water over their bodies with a bamboo bucket， performing a ritual purification known as mizugori or suigyo. For a very similar work in the collection of Asian Art Museum， San Francisco， see Yoko Woodson， Zen painting and calligraphy: 17th--20th centuries， exh. cat. (San Francisco: Asian Museum Art Museum， 2001)， pl. 38.