Text: Painting of a mallet. This treasure mallet breaks up desires.

Temple: The Soto sect. The 23rd abbot of Kodai-ji, Nagasaki.

Data: Dharma transmission from Chigaku Daiko. He also practiced Zen under Genko in Zenkyu-in, Nagano and Hizen Katugei in Kesshin-ji. He became a abbot of Joju-ji in 1844. He was invited to be the 23rd Zen master of Kodai-ji in Nagasaki in 1851 and retired to the Hannyarin in the next year.

Paper Dimension /cm: 102.5*28.6 Whole Dimension /cm: 184.4*31

Style: Vertical silk mounting. Tea ceremony style.
Condition: Paper: A little rough, but restored.. Mounting: Good. Remounting.
Box: Paulownia.

PRICE Japanese Yen: 80,000JPY
REFERENCE PRICE USD: 815USD
TTB/RATE USD 1: 98.20JPY
UPDATE: 2008/11/10
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