Chinese painter Kuncan 髡残 as Juelang Daosheng's 觉浪道盛 Dharma Heir

Recently, Prof. Lynn Struve asked me about the painter monk Kuncan's 髡残 (1612-1673) sectarian identity. He was renowned as one of the four great painters during the late Ming and early Qing. But people rarely noticed he was also a certified dharma heir of the Caodong lineage.

I mentioned him in page 103  of my Enlightenment in Dispute and gave his dharma name as Zutang Dagao 祖堂大杲. He was indeed listed as the official dharma heir in Juelang Daosheng's 觉浪道盛 record. (Note: all names were listed by the temple name first.) See the link below to the end of Vol. 12. Donggao Xinyue 东皋心越 once studied with Daosheng and received dharma transmission from Kuotang Dawen 阔堂大文 who is recorded below as Shangtang Dawen 上塔大文. Linshan Dazhi 廩山大智 is Wuke Dazhi 無可大智, namely Fang Yizhi 方以智, who was one of the most famous intellectual in seventeenth century China. I didn't notice before that Chen Danzhong 陳丹衷, a famous painter, was listed among his dharma heir. Qingyuan Daran 青原大然 is Xiafeng Daran 笑峰大然, namely the late Ming high official Ni Jiaqing 倪嘉慶.

http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/mobile/index.php?index=J25nB174_012

諸山嗣法門人併記莂居士
青原大然　虎跑大璸　壽昌大存
　　大峻　壽昌大浩　廩山大智
崇先大奇　天目大聞　弘濟大健
洞庭大燈　仰山大英　福山大寧
　　大別　興國大忍　枝山大選
明招大補　蒲澗大韶　青原大權
天界大璽　報恩大麟　大量
普濟大龍　祖堂大杲　黃檗大嵩
上塔大文　　　大玉　安隱大充
李公長庚　陳公丹衷　凌公世韶
毛公大斧
天界覺浪盛禪師語錄卷十二(終)

Attention art historians: Who painted this portrait of Yinyuan?

Here is the million dollar question.

I came across an interesting portrait of Yinyuan in an auction page. It was painted in the year Xinmao 辛卯 (either 1651 or 1711). The style is so different from the portraits by the Kita family and looks more like the literati painting style.  One source said that it was painted by another Chinese monk Donggao Xinyue 东皋心越, for whom van Gulik 高羅佩 published a book in 1944. ( See 明末义僧东皋禅师集刊.) But Xinyue died in 1696 and in 1651 he was only 13 as Tanaka Chisei 田中智誠 osho pointed out. Tanaka osho also confirms that Xinyue did paint Yinyuan's portrait in 1680 but it was a copy from a previous painting.

If this was indeed painted in 1651 before Yinyuan left China in 1654, this is going to be a significant discovery.

 Anyone can tell me more about this painting? Here is the link and the images. http://bbs.artron.net/thread-2906694-1-1.html
http://bbs.sssc.cn/viewthread.php?page=1&tid=2356588