Hashimoto Dokuzan (1869-1938) Zenga LandscapeSigned: Taiunsô Seals: Dokuzan, Taiun, .. (tp) Technique: sumi on paper 114 x 32.8 Date: 1938 Mounting: light brown decorated damask 186.5 x 45.7 Box: signed double box Condition: fine Dokuzan was born in Niigata. He became 128th generation Kanchô (superintendent) of the Shôkoku-ji branch. The former Zen master of Shôkoku-ji monastery. From Gazan Shôtei (1853-1900) he received his his inka, certification of enlightenment. He also practiced Zen at the Tenryû-ji under Ryôen Genseki (1842-1918). He aspired to be a painter and studied with Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924). In 1900 he became the abbot of Rokuou-in. He was invited to be Zen master of Nanshu-ji monastery in Sakai, Osaka in 1910 and moved to Shôkoku-ji to be the chief abbot of the Shokoku-ji branch and Zen master of Shôkoku-ji monastery in 1911. He retired to Rinko-in in 1921, but in 1927 he founded the Nan'en-ji in Tottori Prefecture. Reference: Shotenkaku bijutsukan 1988 Moog p. 82 WAS: € 1.000,- ($ 1,080) Price: SOLD | |