Artist: Hiin Tsūyō
Date: 601
Size: 124.1cm x 27.9cm
Technique: Paper
Ōbaku Zen calligraphy is characterized by strong, boldly brushed characters in one or sometimes two columns. These scrolls, inscribed by Mokuan Shōtō and Sokuhi Nyoitsu (Chinese: Jifei Ruji), display the directness and bravura assurance that typifies the best Ōbaku calligraphic works. Both monks were disciples of Ingen (who brought Ōbaku to Japan) and emigrated from China to assist him in maintaining the uniquely Chinese traditions and monastic regulations of the sect. Their poetic phrases read:At sunrise, the sky rejoices. [Mokuan; on the right]Through the Fusang tree, the rising sun is pure red. [Sokuhi; on the left] —trans. John T. Carpenter
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