Kōsen Shōton高泉性潡 (Gaoquan Xingdun，1633-1695) Calligraphy in the Harald Conrad Collection

Prof. Dr. Harald Conrad, Chair of Modern Japanese Studies at the Institut für Modernes Japan in

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf has a private collection of Obaku Art. He is planning to publish a catalog of his collection. We worked together recently on this piece by Gaoquan Xingdun from his collection.

Kōsen Shōton高泉性潡 (1633-1695) (Chinese: Gaoquan Xingdun)

Calligraphy of a large character followed by a five-character poetic couplet in cursive script, horizontal hanging scroll, ink on paper

26.3 cm x 60 cm (114.5 cm x 63.5 cm)

Reading: 道　有道之士為国宝 己酉春                                                                        

Signed: 法苑高泉書 Hōen Kōsen sho

 Seals:              1. 臨済正宗Rinzai Shōshū = True sect of Rinzai

                        2. 一字高泉 Ichiji Kōsen = One Name Kosen

                        3. 性潡之印 Shōton no In