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One-line calligraphy by Mokuan: "The fruit ripens by itself" (Mokuan ichigyô sho: ke ka jizen na[ru])


木庵一行書 結果自然成
Mokuan Shôtô (Muan Xingtao) (Chinese, 1611–1684)
Japanese
Momoyama-Edo period
17th century

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions Overall: 208 x 50.8 cm (81 7/8 x 20 in.)
Image: 126 x 37 cm (49 5/8 x 14 9/16 in.) (height does not include upper and lower borders, total of 5.5 cm)
Credit Line Helen S. Coolidge Fund
Accession Number1970.384b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCalligraphy

Signed Ôbaku Mokuan sho
黄檗木庵書
Marks 3 seals (see unicode)
右上:臨濟正伝三十三世 (5.6 x 2.6cm)
下:木庵氏 (2.5 x 2.5cm; (不明)(2.6 x 2.6cm)
Provenance1970 purchased by the Museum from Shibunkaku, Kyoto