Zhou Jichang (Chinese: 周季常; pinyin: Zhōu Jìcháng; Wade–Giles: Chou Chi-ch’ang), Japanese: Shuu Kijou) (active late twelfth century) was a Chinese painter of the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 AD). His artwork featured many central themes of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist folklore.
His contemporary and member was Lin Tinggui (see article for more details), as they were both blamed for the capability of the artistic project known as the Five Hundred Luohan in 1178 AD.
In the United States, his artwork is housed in the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., as competently as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Many of his additional works of art are with located at the Daitoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.
His most famous painting is Rock Bridge at Tiantai Mountain.
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