Text: Longevity is steady like a southern mountain. Rank is high like the Big Dipper. Doju painted.

Temple: The Soto sect. Kinpo-ji, Nagano. Entsu-ji, Okayama. Tenchi-an in Sensho-ji, Aichi.

Data: Dharma transmission from Mokushi Soen in Entsu-ji, Okayama. He also practiced Zen under Hoshuku in Zensho-ji, Kogaku in Kodai-ji and Zenkoku Kogai in Seiryo-ji. He became the abbot of Kinpou-ji and moved to Entsu-ji. He rebuilt Sensho-ji in Aichi and built Tenchi-an for his retirement. He published "Tenchi-an Juko" in which he presented 100 cases from old Chinese Zen books and added Chinese poetry.

Paper Dimension /cm: 33.4*52.8 Whole Dimension /cm: 117.9*62

Style: Horizontal silk mounting. Normal style.
Condition: Paper: Fine. Mounting: Good. Remounting.
Box: Paulownia.

PRICE Japanese Yen: 240,000JPY
REFERENCE PRICE USD: 2,444USD
TTB/RATE USD 1: 98.20JPY
UPDATE: 2008/11/10
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