Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)

"Longevity" (kotobuki) one-hundred times

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Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
"Longevity" (kotobuki) one-hundred times
Signed Sarajuka hachiju sansai rono Hakuin so shuko kuhai sho, sealed Kokanki, Hakuin no in and Ekaku
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
50 3/8 x 21½in. (128 x 54.8cm.)
Wood box authenticated by Seisetsu Genjo (1922-1945), 240th abbot of Tenryuji Temple

Lot Essay

Hakuin wrote out the one hundred seal-script characters for longevity (kotobuki) several times in the last years of his life.

For another example see Zen Mind, Zen Brush: Japanese Ink Paintings from the Gitter-Yellen Collection (Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006), pl. 18.

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