Sawaki Koudou

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Name of artist
Sawaki Kodo(Koudou)
Title of work
Goeika
Price
sold
Commentary on work
Hanging scroll, Sumi ink on paper, Donsu Awasebako
Measurements of mounted work (length x width)
16.5cm x 27cm
Measurements of Dimensions of entire work
107.2cm x 47.5cm
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

Goeika is a song with praying.

There is a slight scar on the surface.

condition ots