יום שבת, 25 באפריל 2015

Sawaki Kodo - Calligraphy

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.




Zenga and writing by Sawaki Kodo Roshi
Mount Fuji


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Sawaki Koudou calligraphy
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Commentary on work
Hanging scroll, Sumi ink on Paper, Donsu Awasebako
Measurements of mounted work (length x width)
78.5cm x 25.7cm
Measurements of Dimensions of entire work
168cm x 27.2cm






Nichi nichi kore kōnichi (日々是好日) also pronounced "hibi kore kõjitsu" is a Chinese-Japanese Zen Buddhist proverb at least 1.100 years old which means "Every day is a good day", or "All days are good days". It was Zen Master Yunmen's answer in the sixth case of the koan collection Hekiganroku.[1][2][3] It has been presented by some Zen masters (notably, Kodo-Sawaki and his disciple Taisen Deshimaru)[4] as a kōan, that is, a statement that appears contradictory to rationality but that can be grasped through intuition.