“大肚能容,容天下难容之事;开口便笑,笑世间可笑之人。”在华夏大地的名寺古刹,人们经常会看到一尊袒胸露腹、笑容可掬,深受中国百姓敬仰和喜爱的弥勒佛。据说,他在尘世间有一现世化身,名曰“布袋和尚”。在一衣带水的邻国日本,“布袋和尚”深受推崇、流传甚广,甚至达到了家喻户晓、妇孺皆知的境地。他以其诙谐幽默、逍遥自在、大肚能容诸事的生动形象被日本艺术家们所青睐,因此留下了许多关于他的不朽传世之作。伪满皇宫博物院就收藏有三幅日本画家以“布袋和尚”为题材的绘画作品。 “In the ancient temple of China’s vast land, people often see a topless, smiling, deep Maitreya, admired and loved by Chinese people. It is said that he has a worldly incarnation, named ”bag monk“. In Japan, a neighbor of the strip of water, the ”Buddhist monk“ was highly regarded and widely circulated, and even reached a well-known and well-known position. His vivid image of humor, carefreeness, and savageness is favored by Japanese artists, leaving many immortalized works about him. The Imperial Manchurian Imperial Palace Museum contains three paintings by Japanese painters entitled ”Monk Bag".