Kanrei Jikun ” Zhaozhou said Wu “

ID　11614

Kanrei Jikun

1730-1808

Zen Rinzai. Kosyo-Ji at horikawa Kyoto. Dharma transmission from Hakuin Ekaku.

 

Zhaozhou said ” Wu “, 80 years old man Kuge.

(A monk asked, “Has the dog Buddha-nature or not?”　Zhaozhou said, “Wu” )

 

Paper Dimension 33.5*46.2

Whole Dimension 108*56.4

Horizontal tea ceremony style silk mounting. Sumi ink on paper , fine. Mounting good. 

Paulownia box.

 

Price　140,000JPY

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Pen name; Kuuge Shitsu. He studied Zen under Hakuin Ekaku for more than 20 years. He became the abbot of Kosho-ji and trained an Zen monks more than 20 years. Kosho-ji was destroyed in the Great Fire of the Tenmei era, 1788. He rebuilt the temple. He transmitted the Hakuin’s Zen teaching longest as the Hakuin’s studens.