Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of Wuzhun Shifan

Original - Wuzhun Shifan, painted by an anonymous artist in 1238, located at Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto, Japan

Reason: Wuzhun Shifan (1178–1249 AD) was a Chinese Zen (Chan 禪) Buddhist monk who lived during the Chinese Song Dynasty period. One of his many disciples was the Japanese monk Enni, who brought his teachings to Japan. Wuzhun's portrait is now housed at Tōfuku-ji in Kyoto, Japan. This classic portrait painting in the chan style shows Wuzhun seated in his monastic robes while holding a whisk. This image violates no mandatory FP criteria that I know of and is 1,576 × 1,937 pixels in size.
Articles this image appears in: History of painting, 13th century, Song Dynasty, Eastern art history, Portrait painting, Buddhist art, Culture of the Song Dynasty, Wuzhun Shifan, 1230s in art
Creator: Anonymous painter of the 13th century

Support as nominator --Pericles of Athens^Talk 09:39, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Lovely portrait but a poor reproduction. It's such a good example but marred by what appears to be upsampling..? Viewed at under 1000px it's ok, just not very detailed. I don't hold out much hope for its FP chances, sorry to say. A better scan would pass easily. --mikaul^talk 11:50, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --wadester 16 18:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]