Hioki Mokusen (1847-1920) ""Ryu wa hibi shikai no mizu wo kenzu"龍日献四海水" Meiji-Taisho era

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Setting weight
This piece will be shipped at 0.8 kg including packaging.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 193.5 × width 34.4 cm＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 105.7 × width 30cm)

Condition
・There are wrinkles, burns, floats on the Japanese paper on the back of the cover.
・There are wrinkles, peeling off on the image.
・There are some warp, wrinkles in mounting.

Remarks
Roller ends is lacquerware.
・There is no signature on the box.

Materials for mounting
・All of them are made of silk.

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Biography
Hioki Mokusen (1847-1920)
Buddhist monk of the Meiji and Taisho periods. Born in the 4th year of the Koka period.
A member of the Soto sect of Buddhism. Studied under Morotake-Ekido and followed the Dharma of Shogan-Mokuchu.
Became the abbot of Kasuisai in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture. In 1903, he went to Siam (present-day Thailand) as a member of the Mission for the Reception of Buddhist Relics.
In 1905, he took part in the construction of the Nissen-Temple (present-day Nittai-Temple) in Nagoya.
In 1916, he became the head of Eiheiji Temple, and the following year he became the President of the Soto Zen sect.
He died on September 2, 1920 at the age of 74.
Born in Hoki (Tottori Prefecture). He was called Ishitsu.

Main Meaning
"Ryu wa hibi shikai no mizu wo kenzu"

The dragon gathers water from the oceans in the east, west, south, and north, and offers it to the earth. In other words, the dragon creates clouds from the water vapor of the sea and sends rain to moisten and bless the earth. In addition, the dragon was the symbol of the god of fire prevention, as it was the symbol of water against fire. "Fire" is not only a burning fire that causes fires, but also the "fire of affliction" of human beings. From this point of view, dragons may rain down pure rain to calm and purify our worries. The four seas are all the worlds, east, west, north, south, and southwest, and can also refer to all people. In this sense, this phrase refers to the truth of "the salvation of all sentient beings," in which the Dragon, an excellent Buddhist practitioner, rains compassionate rain on all worlds and people every day to moisten them.