Daruma
by Takeda Ekiju (1896-1989)
Vast emptiness, nothing holy! (signed) Ekiju
The inscription reproduces Daruma's answer to the Emperor's question, "What is the First Principle of Buddhism?" This indeed is the Zen perspective: "All things are empty, and reality transcends notions of sacred or profane." This particular Daruma appears rather majestic, somewhat like a chinso, a formal portrait of a Buddhist abbot.
About the Artist
Takeda Ekiju was born in Oita Prefecture. He was ordained a Zen monk at age eleven and then trained under the famous Zen master Mokurai at Kennin-ji in Kyoto. Eiju spent some years at Daitoku-ji and then returned to Kennin-ji to be resident Zen master and then primate of the Kennin-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. Ekiju was perhaps the most artistically gifted of the twentieth-century Zen masters. He was an excellent landscape painter and left behind of large legacy of finely painted Zen art.
Other Scrolls by Takeda Ekiju:
Daruma
Heart Like Water Calligraphy
Enso
SCROLL DETAILS
- Price: $525
- Scroll Notes: Original mounting with wooden box signed by Ekiju himself. Good condition but with some foxing on the scroll. Interesting Daruma by one of the most technically skilled of twentieth-century Zenga artists.
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Dimensions (inches): 14.50" (width) x 49.00" (height)
- Purchase Reference Number: 195
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