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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Article on Yinyuan's Seals

An article was published in a recent issue of Religions in China. Details are not known about the author and the article.

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• 佛心禅境 高僧隐元的墨迹用印
• Author / Creator:马旭明
• Summary:隐元印章的篆法雕刻、印文排列,完全是明末清初时期的风格气息,从印面看篆刻刀法工整,章法对称平直而合乎法度,印文多作小篆,或以小篆掺和大篆。一明末禅宗盛极一时,著作丰富,人才辈出。临济宗一脉以机锋凌厉而著称,黄檗宗出临济而发扬光大。隐元禅师（1592-1673）名隆琦,俗姓林,法号＂隐元＂,福建福清人,明末清初福建黄檗山万福寺高僧。 
• Subject:隐元 ; 黄檗山万福寺 ; 黄檗宗 ; 印文 ; 隆琦 ; 临济 ; 篆法 ; 佛心 ; 印面 ; 福建福清
• Is Part Of:中国宗教 - Religions In China, 2017, Issue 07, pp.72-73 
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• Source:维普数据 (Chongqing VIP Information Co.)