Lot 3001: Attributed to Mokuan Shoto (Muan Xingtao, 1611-1684) Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art

Calligraphy (Ikko) Hanging scroll, ink on paper; inscribed un ryu kan sai kai (Japanese romanization)/yun long huan ji hui (Chinese romanization; Clouds and dragons, a happy gathering), signed, with three seals reading Mokuan To in, Shoho Eisho and Rinzai seishu; within a plexiglass frame 50 x 12in (127 x 30.5cm)

127 x 30.5cm

Mokuan Shoto (Muan Xingtao, 1611-1684) was a Chinese monk of the Chan sect. In 1654, he emigrated to Japan with his master Ingen Ryuki (Yinyuan Longqi, 1592-1673) and together they founded the Obaku school of Zen and established the head temple Manpukuji at Uji in 1661. A skilled calligrapher, he is honored as one of the Obaku no sanpitsu ("Three Brushes of Obaku"), together with his teacher and fellow disciple Sokuhi Nyoitsu (Jifei Ruyi, 1616-71).