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Celebrating the Legacy of Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryuki) and the Art of Ōbaku

Celebrating the Legacy of Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryuki) and the Art of Ōbaku

BODHIDHARMA by Yiran Xingrong (Jp. Itsunen Shōyū)

Bodhidharma
Yiran Xingrong 逸然性融 (Jp. Itsunen Shōyū, 1601-1668)
Duli Xingyi獨立性易 (Jp. Dokuryū Shōeki, 1596-1672)
Edo period (1615-1868)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
95 cm x 39 cm, 178 cm x 52 cm (mounted)
Collection of Harald Conrad

這箇老胡誰人不識
菩提達磨九年面壁
Who is this unknown old barbaric man?
Bodhidharma, nine years facing a wall.
—trans. Harald Conrad