A chisel and block plane by famous priest Otani Kubutsu, intimating the constant effort toward perfection in Buddhist doctrine. Chips of wood and flower petals liter the ground around the tools. The inscription reads == や佛を刻むかんな葛 ya Butsu wo Kizamu Kanna Kuzu. We can imagine the practitioner working the form to bring out the Buddhist nature as a carver brings outthe Buddhist image from a block of wood. Ink and light color on silk in a chestnut cloth border decorated with bird dia ...click for details
