Attributed to Shuho Myocho (Daito Kokushi) (1282-1338)
Attributed to Shuho Myocho (Daito Kokushi) (1282-1338)

Motsuga Ryobo (Forgetting the material world and the self: Buddhist text in verse by Kido Chigu [1185-1269])

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Attributed to Shuho Myocho (Daito Kokushi) (1282-1338)
Motsuga Ryobo (Forgetting the material world and the self: Buddhist text in verse by Kido Chigu [1185-1269])
Sealed Shuho and Myocho
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
13¼ x 36¼in. (33.5 x 92cm.)
Provenance
Count Mizoguchi Masanao, Niigata

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Shuho Myocho is also known as Daito Kokushi, a monk of the Daio school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura period. He founded the temple Daitokuji in Kyoto in 1319 and was given the name Daito Kokushi by Emperor Hanazono. His calligraphy is considered among the finest in the Zen tradition.

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