S-003 Sawaki Koudou
- Name of artist
- Sawaki Koudou
- Title of work
- The lore of Jiun
- Price
- sold
- Commentary on work
- Hanging scroll, Sumi ink on paper, Donsu Awasebako
Measurements of mounted work (length x width)
28cm x 34cm
Measurements of Dimensions of entire work
108.3cm x 42cm - Profile of artist
- Sawaki Kodo(Koudou)
1880~1965Sawaki 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
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The phrases are a lore of Jiun, who is a famous monk of Shingon Buddhism in Edo period.
The color of the paper is its original color.
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