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The Eccentrics Hanshan and Shide

寒山拾得図

At a glance — Painting · Muromachi period, 15th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Shubun.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Paintings
Period: Muromachi period, 15th century
Date: 1401–1500
Creator: Shubun (周文、天章周文、春屋宗園賛)
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-47490

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Known as Hanshan and Shide, these two figures reportedly lived on the sacred Mount Tiantai in ancient China. Hanshan, shown on the left, lived alone in a cave and wrote poetry. Shide, shown holding a broom, worked as a kitchen helper at a nearby Zen temple. Their erratic and maniacal behavior came to be regarded as a sign of profound spiritual wisdom among Zen monks in China and Japan.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-47490 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-47490
Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “The Eccentrics Hanshan and Shide（寒山拾得図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-47490. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-eccentrics-hanshan-and-shide-tokyo-national-museum/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Medieval ink paintings
Genre: Painting
Material: Ink on paper
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
員数: 1幅
分類: 絵画
品質形状: 紙本墨画
種別: 絵画:日本:中世水墨画
作者: 伝周文筆、春屋宗園賛
法量: 縦100.3 横37.4
銘文等: 春屋宗園賛

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