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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

CLOUDS by Wuxin Xingjue (Jp. Mushin Shōkaku)

Clouds
Wuxin Xingjue 無心性覚 (Jp. Mushin Shōkaku, 1613-
1671)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Temple signboard, lacquer and gold on wood
27.8 cm x 54.5 cm, 40 cm x 66.5 cm (outer frame)
Collection of Harald Conrad

雲邊木馬飛如電
海底泥牛吼似雷
A wooden horse flashes through the clouds,
A clay ox thunders beneath the waves.
—trans. by Bill Porter in The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse, Port Townsend:
Copper Canyon Press 2014, pp. 55

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