Details
YINYUAN LONGQI (INGEN RYŪKI, 1592-1673), MU’AN XINGTAO (MOKUAN SHŌTŌ, 1611-1684) AND VARIOUS OBAKU MONKS (17-18TH CENTURY)
Calligraphy
Two handscrolls, ink on paper
One approximately measures 28.5 x 1063 cm. (11 14 x 418 12 in.)
One approximately measures 28.5 x 1365 cm. (11 14 x 537 38 in.)
Inscribed by forty three Ōbaku monks
NOTE: Robert van Gulik Reference no. 392
Ōbaku sect was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and their Japanese students at Manpuku-ji in Uji, Japan.
Provenance
Purchased from a bookseller in Tokyo in 1949.
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