Hashimoto Dokuzan (Gengi)(1869-1938) Zenga Man in a landscapeSigned: Taiun sha heiroku Seals: Dokuzan, Taiun, Isshô dai .. Technique: sumi on paper 118,8 x 34 Mounting: light azure damask 195,5 x 46,5 Box: signed double Condition: fine Dokuzan received his inka, certification of enlightenment from Gazan Shôtei (1853-1900). He practiced Zen at the Tenryû-ji under Ryôen Genseki (1842-1918), and at the same time studied painting with Tomioka Tessai (1836-1924). In 1900 he became the abbot of Rokuô-in. He was invited to be Zen master of Nanshu-ji monastery in Sakai, Osaka in 1910 Dokuzan became 128th generation kanchô, superintendent, of the Shôkoku-ji branch in 1911. He retired to Rinko-in in 1921, but in 1927 he founded the Nan'en-ji in Tottori Prefecture. Reference: Shôtenkaku bijutsukan 1988 Moog p. 82 Price: ON REQUEST | |