Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments (弄花香滿衣) by KŌSEN Shōton 高泉性潡

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/54114/

Medium: ink on paper

Measurements:132.0 × 30.2 cm (image and sheet)

Place/s of Execution: Japan

Inscription: stamped in red ink u.r.: (artist’s seal)

inscribed in brush and ink c.l.: 曇華道人書

stamped in red ink l.l.: 黄檗性潡

stamped in red ink l.l.: 高泉

Accession Number: AS9-1992 DepartmentAsian Art

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Pacific Dunlop Limited, Fellow, 1992

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Level 1, NGV International

Obaku Calligraphy by Hyakusetsu Genyō 百拙元養

Philadelphia Museum of Art has three pieces of calligraphy by the Japanese Obaku monk Hyakusetsu Genyō 百拙元養 (1668 - 1749). Hyakusetsu was Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 dharma heir and was famous for painting and calligraphy. The three pieces were titled as "Three Poems" and their cataloging information is as follows:

Three Poems

Hyakusetsu Genyō, Japanese, 1668 - 1749

Geography:
Made in Japan, Asia
Period:
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Date:
Late 17th - early 18th century
Medium:
Ink on paper, mounted as a triptych of hanging scrolls
Dimensions:
Exclusive of mount, each: 37 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (94.3 × 26 cm)
Curatorial Department:
East Asian Art
Object Location:
Currently not on view

Accession Number:
2008-89-1a--c
Credit Line:
Purchased with funds donated by Andrea M. Baldeck, M.D., and William M. Hollis, Jr., 2008

Label:
One of the early major Obaku monks born in Japan, Hyakusetsu studied poetry, painting and tea ceremony in Kyoto, as well as Rinzai Zen Buddhism. He was well-respected among the aristocratic circles of Kyoto, as a leader in both religious and in cultural circles. He founded a new temple, Hozoji in Western Kyoto in 1733.

Hyakusetsu's calligraphy is characterized by strong contrasts between wet and dry brushwork. This triptych of scrolls is an homage to his spiritual roots in Rinzai Buddhism and his teacher, Hyakuju.

Obaku Zen Master Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 Calligraphy at Harvard Art Museum

Two weeks ago, when I visited the renovated Harvard Art Museum, I saw Obaku master Gaoquan Xingdun's 高泉性潡 (1633-1695) calligraphy is on permanent display. It reads "Emptiness Drives Iron Boat 虛空駕鐵船". The phrase was taken from Chan Lamp Transmission Records during the Jingde Reign (No. 2076 景德傳燈錄 (卷17) T51, p0342b). For details, see Harvard cataloging information online. Gaoquan was the fifth abbot of Manpukuji and served Yinyuan as an attendant and secretary for a long time.