Ōbaku Kōgen (?-?), 微風吹幽松 近聴声愈好 bifuu yuushou o fuki, chikaku kikeba koe iyoiyo yoshi, Japanese hanging scroll

Art work details

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Meaning of Words

Original text

微風吹幽松 近聴声愈好

Romanized version of the original text
bifuu yuushou o fuki, chikaku kikeba koe iyoiyo yoshi

Yaku: Translation

A gentle breeze blows through the pine forest deep in the mountains.
The closer you approach, the more you can hear its pleasant sound.
It also means that by completely abandoning all intentional calculations, listening to the voice of nature (near listening), accepting things as they are (good as is), and forgetting both the world and oneself – even forgetting enlightenment itself – one reaches an absolute state of being.

*A passage from Hanshan’s Poems.

*The sutra scroll represents Hanshan(寒山), and the broom represents Shide(拾得).*
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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.7 kg and will be shipped in 80 size.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 188.5㎝ × width 40㎝（74.21 in × 15.75 in）＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 128㎝ × width 29㎝（50.39 in × 11.42 in）)

Condition
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, tears, gap repair on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles on the image.
・There are burns, stains, wrinkles, warp in the mounting.

Remarks
・Roller ends are lacquerware.
・Box inscription by the original owner of the work.

Materials for mounting
・Ichimonji (The two upper and lower fabrics closest to the painting)=silk.
・Other parts = Japanese paper.(momi-gami)

Other
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There may be a slight difference in color between the photo and the actual product.

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Biography
Ōbaku Kōgen (?-?)

A monk of the Ōbaku school. Further details are unknown.