I came across this auction information for Master Gaoquan's calligraphy.
KŌSEN SHŌTON 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) CALLIGRAPHY: SEIZAN HARU RŌSEZU 青山 不老春 (IN THE VERDANT MOUNTAINS SPRING GROWS NOT OLD)
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century
Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts; wood jiku (roller ends)
Signed Ōbaku Kōsen sho 黄檗高泉書 (Written by Ōbaku Kōsen) with seals at top right Rinzai seishū 臨済正宗 (The true Rinzai line) and at bottom left ichiji Kōsen 一字高泉 and Shōton no in 性潡之印
Overall: 214 x 34.8cm (84¼ x 13¾in.) Image: 129.5 x 27cm (51 x 10 5/8in.) (2).
Footnotes
With wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Ōbaku Kōsen zenji sho goji chōjō 黄檗高泉禅師書五字長條 (A long scroll with a calligraphy in five characters by Zen Master Kōsen of Ōbaku), inscribed inside Shōwa kanoto-mi toshi shimotsuki shomikka Ōbaku Hōrin shujin Kyōan dai 昭和辛巳年霜月初三日 黄檗法林主人暁庵題 (Inscribed by Kyōan, master of the Zen community at Ōbaku on 3 November 1941) and Goun Seizan haru rōsezu 語云青山不老春 (The text reads 'In the verdant mountains spring grows not old') with seals Fukusan no in 福山之印 (Seal of Fukusan) and Kyōan 暁庵
For biographical information regarding Kōsen Shōton, please refer to lot 78.
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