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Unusual Small Daruma Zen Art Painting By Mokurai browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Paintings: Pre 1920: item # 704209 Please refer to our stock # ALR2276 when inquiring.
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| A small image of the Daruma performed with a dry brush by Takeda Mokurai (1854-1930) and framed in the original patterned blue paper mounting with dark wood rollers. Above is written a short verse in the clerical script for which he was famous reading: Night comes while chanting, The mountains color with twilight. The scroll measures 10 by 47 inches (25 x 119 cm) and is very clean but for some minor wrinkling. Mokurai began his journey down the Buddhist path at the age of 7 under the priest Ryodo. Developing under a number of masters, it was during a sojourn in Hakata he developed a love for poetry and calligraphy, something for which he would later be greatly remembered, for in later days his scholar script was highly prized. He finally settled under Yuzen Gentatsu, from whom he received Inka. A pious man he was sent to Kyoto to work at Kenninji temple in the heart of Gion, the pleasure district. His exemplary performance there, and a series of unfortunate deaths left the young priest in charge of the sprawling complex. As a scholar priest he had great influence on the art of early 20th century Kyoto, as Zen practice was almost seen as a given for painters and ceramic artists of the time including Tsuji kako, Kiyomizu Rokubei and Ito Tozan among many others. For more information on this important Zen Master, see the art of 20th Century Zen by Stephen Addis and Audrey Yoshiko Seo. | ||||||||
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