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MU! By Yamada Mumon, Japanese Zen Buddhist Art Scroll browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1980: item # 911374 Please refer to our stock # ALR2622 when inquiring.
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| Exceptional rendering of the character Mu (Nothingness) by one of Zens most important 20th century leaders Yamada Mumon enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The ink on paper image is framed in patterned silk extended with pale green, and features ivory rollers. It is 26 x 52-1/2 inches (66 x 134 cm) and in excellent condition. Mumon (1900-1988) studied law in his youth, but was converted to the life of Buddhism by a statement of Confucian theory which says, rather than become a lawyer, create a world where there is no need for courts. After taking the tonsure, he initially studied under Kawaguchi Ekai, the first Japanese Zen priest to visit Tibet. However after several years in isolation battling tuberculosis, he emerged to receive his certificate of enlightenment from Seisetsu Genjo, and went on to head a number of prominent Zen temples. Later in life Mumon traveled the world, working hard to spread to light of Rinzai Zen. | ||||||||
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