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Zenga Art Scroll, Skull by Yamaoka Tesshu browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Paintings: Pre 1900: item # 974828 Please refer to our stock # ALR2783 when inquiring.
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| A skull stairs blankly into the distance, a message to all about the impermanence of life by the famous Swordsman Yamaoka Tesshu. Ink on paper, remounted in olive grey border patterned with vines and featuring wood rollers. The scroll is 15 x 75 inches (37.5 x 190 cm). Some minor staining in the centre below the signature. Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1889) was a student of military arts and famous calligrapher. Born into a samurai family, Tesshu began studying swordsmanship from a very young age. He took the name Yamaoka upon marrying the daughter of a spear school, continuing the family name in their place. An avid devotee to Zen training, he attained enlightenment at 45. A compatriot of the infamous Zen priest Nakahara Nantenbo, the two established a Zen training center together. He was a bodyguard and teacher to the young Meiji emperor, Zen teacher, poet, swordsman and artist, a giant of a man containing all of these personalities (or perhaps none?) He died of stomach cancer at the age of 54, his last poem reading Tightening my stomach against the pain, The cry of a morning crow… | |||||||||
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