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.
