Autumn Moon, circa 1708

Details

Etsuzan Doshu (1629-1709)
Autumn Moon, circa 1708
Signed Rinzai sanju-yon sei and Nangaku Etsuzan shusho, sealed Rinzai shoshu sanju-yon sei, Etsuzan and Doshu no in
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
50¼ x 17 1/8in. (127.6 x 43.5cm.)

Literature

John M. Rosenfield with Fumiko E. Cranston, Extraordinary Persons: Works by Eccentric, Nonconformist Japanese Artists of the Early Modern Era (1580-1868) in the Collection of Kimiko and John Powers, Vol. 1 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums, 1999), pp. 228-29, no. 57.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

This Chinese style poem connotes that the bright autumn moon, a reflection of Buddhist enlightenment, pervades all creation. It has been translated as:
Autumn moon, bright as a mirror.

The stanza connotes that the bright autumn moon, a reflection of Buddhist enlightenment, pervades all creation.

Translation by Fumiko E. Cranston from Extraordinary Persons, Vol. 1 (1999), p. 228.

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