Text: Painting of Bodhidharma on a reed. This is simply Bodhidharma on a reed. *Tsuuyama Sokaku Roshi who was a abbot of Shoin-ji in Hara, Shizuoka and Zen master of Enpuku-ji monastery in Yawata, Kyoto. Certified in September 1958.

Temple: The Myoshin-ji branch. Ryutaku-ji, Mishima and Shoin-ji, Hara in Shizuoka.

Data: Honorific name: Shinki-dokumyo Zenji, Shoju-Kokushi. Pen name: Kokurin, Sarajuka-Rono. Instigator of the Rinzai Zen revival. Dharma transmission from Dokyo Etan(Shoju-Rojin). He became an abbot of Shoin-ji in Hara, Shizuoka at 33 years of age. He refounded Ryutaku-ji in Mishima in his later years. He raised many influential and outstanding disciples, Torei En'ni, Suiou Genro, Gazan Jito etc.

Paper Dimension /cm: 32*45.5 Whole Dimension /cm: 125*47.7

Style: Horizontal gold brocade mounting. Normal style. Second mounting.
Condition: Paper: Fairly fine. Mounting: Good. Second mounting.
Box: Paulownia. Certified on the box by Tsuuyama Sokaku Roshi himself.

PRICE Japanese Yen: 1,600,000JPY
REFERENCE PRICE USD: 16,293USD
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UPDATE: 2008/11/10
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