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)

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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).

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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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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

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

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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

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling FoundationGallery location

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.