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A JAPANESE NIRVANA PAINTINGD, TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE FAMILY 德川幕府家涅槃圖，英一蝶作。220cm x 104 cm Used to be collected in the family of General J.G.Burham of The Royal Canadian Regiment in Canada who participated in the first World War. Sakya (Buddha) Nirvana was originally a Chinese paradigm, depicting the scene of the Buddha’s Nirvana under the bodhi tree and the monks gathered to mourn. It was introduced into Japan in the Heian era and formed a very important tradition. His paper / silk paintings almost do not exist in China. This lot not only vividly depicts the Buddha lying on his side under the whirling Luo Shuang tree. Many Buddhist disciples, Taoist gods, ghosts and mortal men and women have come to mourn the scene. The painting also recorded in detail the name of each character in the picture. This painting was originally collected in the Zojoji Temple. San’en-zan Zōjō-ji is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan. It is the main temple of the Jōdo-shū (“Pure Land”) Chinzei sect of Buddhism in the Kantō region.
References with similar style collections: Ying Yi Die “Nirvana”, paper, 283cm x 169cm in 1713, has been collected at the Boston Museum since 1911, and is a key collection of Japanese art in the museum. The restoration project lasted for 5 years was completed in 2017, and in the same year, the exhibition was returned to Japan for the first time in more than a hundred years. After the tour in 2018, it returned to the Boston Art Museum. This piece is consistent with the craft and style of this lot and provides an important reference for this item.
曾收藏于参与一战加拿大The Royal Canadian Regiment军营 将军J.G.Burham家。
释迦（佛祖）涅槃（涅盘/涅磐）原本是中国的一个范式，描绘佛祖在菩提树下涅磐，僧众聚集哀悼的场景。在平安时代传入日本，形成一个很重要的传统。其纸/绢本绘画在中国已几乎不存。
此拍品不仅生动描绘了佛祖侧卧于娑罗双树下圆寂涅(般木)。众多佛门弟子、道家神仙、志怪鬼异及凡界男女，纷纷前来吊唁的场景，更是详细记录了图中每个人物的名字。此拍品原藏于三缘山增上寺。增上寺是位于 日本 东京 都港区芝公园的一座净土宗寺院，山号为三缘山，正式的全名为三缘山广度院增上寺。 日本 净土宗镇西派七个大本山其中之一，也是江户幕府德川家的灵庙之一。
参考带有类似风格藏品：
英一蝶《涅槃图》，纸本，1713年 283cm x169cm，自1911年起收藏于波士顿美术馆，为馆内日本艺术方面重点收藏。于2017年完成历时5年的修复工程，并于同年进行时隔一百多年第一次回到日本的展览，2018年结束巡展重新回到了波士顿美术馆。此件与本拍品工艺和风格一致，为本品提供重要参考。
