“Half-Length Portrait of Bodhidharma”

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Artist Name: Hakuin Ekaku
Title: “Half-Length Portrait of Bodhidharma”
Dimensions: painting：65.6×18.0 cm
full length：139.5×28.7cm
Medium: ink on paper
Description: Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768) was a Zen monk of the Edo period who devoted himself to proselytizing to the people and left numerous calligraphies and paintings. He is considered the founder of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, and is so important a figure in Japanese Zen Buddhism that all current Rinzai monks are said to be Hakuin’s disciples.