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Calligraphy: High Tide / Tsuji Jōkan - Nami
- Product ID
- 0287
- Name
- Tsuji Jōkan
- Profile
Tsuji Jōkan (辻常閑, 1948-) is a zen priest of the Daitoku-ji school of the Rinzai sect. The chief priest of the Kisshō-ji temple.
- Size
- 600mm x 1400mm
- Roller End Material
Red sandalwood- Material of the Work
- Japanese paper
- Price
- JPY 60,000
- Stock Condition
- In stock
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- Description
Yamabe no Akahito was an imperial poet of the Nara period in Japan. One of his famous poems talks about the landscape of a traditional scenic spot of Wakayama Prefecture, Wakanoura. The poem of Yamabe no Akahito describes a spectacle at the tidal flat of Wakanoura. At low tide, cranes are scavenging for bait. However, as the tide coming in, the tidal flat disappears. Then, cranes fly away crowing towards the shore with the reeds. It is said that Yamabe no Akahito was struck by the grandeur of the workings of nature that have been going on since long ago.
This work was created by a modern Japanese Zen monk, Tsuji Jōkan, writing down such a poem of the Nara period in soft strokes with a fine brush. Next to his calligraphy, a Japanese painter, Miyake Wakō, added a picture of the sea of Wakanoura. This piece reminds us of the fact that human beings are kept alive in the great workings of nature.