Sawaki Koudou

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Name of artist
Sawaki Koudou
Title of work
Fu nou son ichi mou
Fu Nou Son Ichi Mou
Price
sold
Commentary on work
Hanging scroll, Sumi ink on paper, Donsu Awasebako
Measurements of mounted work (length x width)
46.2cm x 12.5cm
Measurements of Dimensions of entire work
179.3cm x 25cm
Profile of artist
Sawaki Kodo(Koudou)
1880~1965

Sawaki Koudou lost his parents when he was a little child. He became a monk in Eiheiji, the one of the main temples of Soutou school. He enterd the Buddhist priesthood under Master Sawaki Koho(kouhou) in Soushinji. He had never settled in the same temple for long time, but he changed his temple a lot, described ''Kodo the homeless'' or ''Master the locomotion''. He was served some positions as a professor at the University of Komazawa, a superintendent of Soujiji. He was one of the remarkable priests of the Zen Buddhism in the Japanese modern ages.

Condition index

This phrase is one of ching from The Lotus Sutra.

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