“Admonitions of Daitō Kokushi”

Hakuin Ekaku About Hakuin Ekaku☜

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Artist Name: Hakuin Ekaku
Title: “Admonitions of Daitō Kokushi”
Dimensions: painting：94.2×42.1 cm
painting：183.5×56.8 cm
Medium: ink on paper
Year: March 3, Meiwa 4 (1767)
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.