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