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Artist:
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Shu_fu_ Taido_
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Title:
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Enso_
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Date:
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Edo period
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Medium:
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Ink on paper
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Dimensions:
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11 1/16 x 24 5/16 in. (28.1 x 61.75 cm) (image)
42 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (107.32 x 64.14 cm) (without roller)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Friends of the Institute's Teahouse Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 225
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Zen masters have long drawn circles (enso_) in the air, scratched them in the sand, and painted them on silk and paper as symbols of perfection and the enlightened mind. Taido_ was a Rinzai Zen priest and abbot of Daitokuji, an important monastery located in Kyoto. Here, he brushed a perfectly round enso_ with the following couplet:
With a heart permeated with innocence
The virtuous dragon walks alone.
According to Sen Rikyu_ (1522-91), Japan's most famous tea master, calligraphy by Zen priests is the most appropriate decoration for the tea ceremony.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Taido_, Shu_fu_
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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1776 - 1836
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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circle of a single brushstroke at right; text at left; 2 seals in LLC, 1 in ULC
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan, , ,
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Accession #:
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2001.267.2
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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