Japanese Antique Scroll Painting of a Great Priest

DescriptionJapanese antique scroll painting of a seated Buddhist priest. He holds a fly whisk in his hands. His walking stick for pilgrimages rests against the back of his chair and his red slippers sit on a lacquered footrest. He is draped in a kesa of sewn-together sections of orange and gold cloth. Buddhist calligraphy is written on the upper portion of the image. On the outside of the scroll is a written title “Daiosho Gendo Toru” which generally translates as “Great Priest of the Profound Path”.  Painted in ink and mineral colors and gold on silk.Age: Edo/Meiji Period (early/mid 1800’s)Dimensions: Total size: 64″ high x 14 5/8″ wide (16 1/2″ wide with rollers). Size of art: 34 3/4″ high x 10 3/8″ wide