Very Rare Edo p. Japanese Meditating Skeleton Scroll
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 492375
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 492375
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Kita-ward Kyoto 603-8216
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A skeleton sits in meditation, dried autumn grasses rustling in the wind the only sound on this unusual Edo period scroll. Above is an epitaph reading: Impermanence takes life like wind strips the petals from a flower, Neither Gods nor Saints can evade, Evil within mars the spirit, Lofty stature or humble servitude, All fall prey, Yet all can be forgiven. To the right of the seated figure is a tablet covered in Sanskrit characters. The age darkened paper is bordered in sumptuous copper brocade with an inner frame of gold laced plum and features black lacquered wooden rollers. The scroll has been completely remounted, reflecting the original design. It is 18-1/2 by 53 inches (47 by 134 cm) and is in good condition for the age, with some minor insect damage to the paper surface, and loss to the white gofun powder forming the seated figure.
A skeleton sits in meditation, dried autumn grasses rustling in the wind the only sound on this unusual Edo period scroll. Above is an epitaph reading: Impermanence takes life like wind strips the petals from a flower, Neither Gods nor Saints can evade, Evil within mars the spirit, Lofty stature or humble servitude, All fall prey, Yet all can be forgiven. To the right of the seated figure is a tablet covered in Sanskrit characters. The age darkened paper is bordered in sumptuous copper brocade with an inner frame of gold laced plum and features black lacquered wooden rollers. The scroll has been completely remounted, reflecting the original design. It is 18-1/2 by 53 inches (47 by 134 cm) and is in good condition for the age, with some minor insect damage to the paper surface, and loss to the white gofun powder forming the seated figure.