Axial Commons Image Treasury
Ink painting on a fan-shaped sheet: a seated man looks upward beside a small fire with smoke curling above, on a pale ground.

Buddhist allegory of a priest burning cherry branches

A fan-shaped sheet in pale ink and light wash shows a seated man in a loose robe, head tilted upward, beside a small fire with curling smoke rising across the upper left. A dark, long-handled object lies on the ground near the flames, and a red seal appears at lower right.

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Date
1760-1849
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Source
Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size
2250 × 1266 px
Download full size
Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1849).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

Español: Hombre sentado junto a un fuego, alegoría budista en abanico

Una hoja en forma de abanico muestra, en tinta pálida, a un hombre sentado con la cabeza inclinada hacia arriba, junto a un pequeño fuego con humo que se eleva por la parte superior izquierda. Cerca de las llamas hay un objeto oscuro de mango largo, y un sello rojo aparece en la esquina inferior derecha.

Português: Homem sentado ao lado de um fogo, alegoria budista em leque

Uma folha em formato de leque mostra, em tinta suave e aguada leve, um homem sentado com a cabeça inclinada para cima, ao lado de um pequeno fogo com fumaça subindo pela parte superior esquerda. Perto das chamas, um objeto escuro de cabo longo repousa no chão, e um selo vermelho aparece no canto inferior direito.

More from Volcanoes, Fire and Disasters

Dark wood engraving of a rugged volcanic-looking peak under a billowing night sky with smoke rising from its summit.EtnaInk painting on silk of three robed figures by a small fire under a tripod pot, with a red maple branch at the left.Three gardeners of the Emperor Takakura heating sake over a fire of maple leavesPencil drawing of an open window with tree branches and a distant Roman skyline with a church tower, with a box and tools on the sill.View of the Villa Medici and Sta Trinità dei Monti from Ingres's Studio in the Pavillon SaBronze medal with a right-facing profile portrait of a bearded man in a laurel wreath and ruff, with Latin inscription around the rim.Commemorating Carolus IXDark brown relief of a crowded arcaded city square with a bull-shaped figure over a fire, surrounded by robed figures and a seated man in the foreground.Phalaris and the Bull of PerillusBlack-and-white lithograph of a man leaning from a roof window looking down at a man at a lower window who gazes up; city rooftops at right.“- Hello, neighbour... what was all this yelling about... did you see the comet? - I thoug