Lot Essay
These three Obaku monks were revered calligraphers and occasionally collaborated. Ingen, as the first patriarch of the sect, is given the center position, Mokuan is on the right, and Ingen on the left.
Details
OBAKU INGEN (1592-1673), OBAKU MOKUAN (1611-1684), OBAKU SOKUHI (1616 -1671)*
Calligraphy Triptych
Three hanging scrolls, ink on paper, 126.9 x 29.6 cm. each, signed Ingen and sealed Ryuki no in, Ingen and Rinzai seishu; signed Mokuan shi, Hogai gakushi and Shakukai Join
Calligraphy Triptych
Three hanging scrolls, ink on paper, 126.9 x 29.6 cm. each, signed Ingen and sealed Ryuki no in, Ingen and Rinzai seishu; signed Mokuan shi, Hogai gakushi and Shakukai Join
Literature
Published: Stephen Addiss, Obaku: Zen Painting and Calligraphy (Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, 1978), no. 12