Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693)

Bukkinkyo (Possessions and wealth are temporal)

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Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693)
Bukkinkyo (Possessions and wealth are temporal)
Signed Bankei so sho, sealed Yotaku, Bankei and ...shi ... Kozai zenshi
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
41 7/8 x 11 5/8in. (106.4 x 29.5cm.)

Lot Essay

Bankei's calligraphy has a seemingly effortless simplicity. For Bankei see Stephen Addiss, The Art of Zen (New York: Abrams, 1989), pp. 69--75.

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