COLLECTION NAME:
Smart Museum of Art
Record
Primary Maker:
Nakahara Nantenbō (Toju Zenchu) [Nantenbo]
Date:
1920
Title:
Sun Rise Enso
Description:
Folding fan with calligraphic inscription of a poem following a circular 'enso' symbol. After the enso symbol, the inscription reads:
The sun rises, lighting up heaven and earth (The sun rises, illuminating the cosmos) (hi idete kenkon kagayaku)
This text is the first couplet of a poem. The second couplet, which is not on the fan reads:
The clouds are swept away, and the mountains are blue (kumo osamarite sangaku aoshi)
These words were spoken by the Zen abbot Daito Koushi (Shuho Myocho, 1282-1338) from the poem written by the Zen Monk Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1768) titled Dream Words from the Land of Dreams (Kaian Kokugo). The poem's meaning is centered on how enlightenment allowd the world to become one of light.
The sun rises, lighting up heaven and earth (The sun rises, illuminating the cosmos) (hi idete kenkon kagayaku)
This text is the first couplet of a poem. The second couplet, which is not on the fan reads:
The clouds are swept away, and the mountains are blue (kumo osamarite sangaku aoshi)
These words were spoken by the Zen abbot Daito Koushi (Shuho Myocho, 1282-1338) from the poem written by the Zen Monk Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1768) titled Dream Words from the Land of Dreams (Kaian Kokugo). The poem's meaning is centered on how enlightenment allowd the world to become one of light.
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Sun Rise Enso
