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Calligraphy: All Water Reflects The Moon, Every Mountain Attracts Clouds

Creator: Nakahara Nantenbō
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Nakahara Nantenbō
Calligraphy: All Water Reflects The Moon, Every Mountain Attracts Clouds, ca 1920
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Overall size 82¼ x 23½ in. (209 x 60 cm)
T-1425

Signed at bottom left "Nantenbō, aged 81", with seals at top right "The True Rinzai Tradition" and bottom left Hakkeikutsu and Tōjū

Comes with a fitted kiri-wood storage box.

This saying is first found in Book Three of Chanlin leiju (Japanese, Zenrin ruiju), a collection of Chan (Zen) aphorisms first published in China in 1307. Its basic meaning is that all those who diligently follow the way of Zen have the capacity to attain enlightenment, no matter what they were like before their training began or what difficulties they encounter on their journey. Nantenbō was a Japanese Zen Master. In his time known as a fiery reformer, he was also an accomplished artist. He produced many fine examples of Zen Art and helped bridge the gap between older forms of Zen Buddhist art and its continuation into the 20th century.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Asian Art
Incollect Reference #:	759877

Dimensions

W.	23.5 in;	H.	82.25 in;
W.	59.69 cm;	H.	208.92 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.