# Fachang Muqi

Chinese, 1220–1280

Muqi, whose religious name was Fachang, was a Chan Buddhist monk who painted in and around Hangzhou during the Southern Song dynasty. Working in ink with great freedom, he painted birds, animals, fruit, landscapes and Buddhist figures. Little valued by Chinese critics, his work was treasured in Japan, where paintings such as the Six Persimmons, now at Daitoku-ji in Kyoto, shaped the taste of Zen temples and tea masters.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

3 works in the collection.

- [Dragon; Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-tiger-cma-135430), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Dragon](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dragon-cma-135431), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Tiger](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tiger-cma-135432), Fachang Muqi, c. 1250–79. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.