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Details
- Other Title
- Calligraphy
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Date
- 17th century
- Media categories
- Scroll , Calligraphy
- Materials used
- pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
- Dimensions
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207.5 x 78.0 overall (variable)
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a - right scroll, 207 x 33.5 x 39 cm, scroll
b - left scroll, 207 x 33.5 x 39 cm, scroll
a - right scroll, 136.5 x 30.3 cm, image
b - left scroll, 136.5 x 30.3 cm, image
- Signature & date
a. Signed 'Nangaku Etsuzan' c.r. and two artist's seals l.r., one artist's seal u.l.
b. Signed 'Nangaku Etsuzan' c.l. and two artist's seals l.l., one artist's seal u.r.- Credit
- Gift of Klaus Naumann 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 42.2003.a-b
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Etsuzan Dōshū
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About
ETSUZAN Dôshû was the seventh abbot of Manpuku-ji, the temple of the Chinese Ôbaku sect of Zen Buddhism. He was born in China, travelled to Japan and trained at the temple, to become its seventh abbot.
Manpuku-ji was built to house the Ôbaku priests (led by Yinyuan Longqi) who had emigrated to Japan after the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 and the establishment of the Manchurian Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Built in a Chinese style, the temple functioned as a visible symbol of Chinese arts with its architecture, sculpture and painting (See Mason 1993: 249).
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 2003.
The calligraphy reads: 'The cloud of the [Buddhist] Law reaches the pinnacle' (right) and 'Buddhist wisdom lights the world' (left).
Excerpt from The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.194.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The art of Buddhism and other worlds', Sydney, 2003, 194 (colour illus.).
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