Horiuchi Sokan (Kenchusai)(1919-2015) ,平常心是道 Byo-jo-shin zedo, Japanese hanging scroll

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Meaning of Words

平常心是道 Byo-jo-shin zedo

平常心 Byo-jo-shin…The usual natural mind.

是道 zedo…Meaning that it is this way.

※It means that the ordinary and natural mind is the way.
The path is not something special, it is nothing more than the everyday life of walking,
staying, sitting, and sleeping.
The mind in the present moment, without adding anything to it, free of judgments about right and wrong or choice of what to do or not to do, is the path to enlightenment.
This is a famous phrase that has become the basis for the philosophy of Zen.
Sen Rikyu said, "Know that chanoyu is nothing more than the act of making hot water
and drinking tea."
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Setting weight
This piece weighs 0.8 kg.

Material
Ink on paper

Size
Overall: vertical 199cm (78.35 in) × width 30.8cm (12.13 in)＊width does not include roller ends.
(the work: vertical 121.8cm (47.95 in) × width 28.3cm (11.14 in))

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

Remarks
・Roller ends are lacquerware.
・Tomo-Bako. (Box inscription by the artist.)

Materials for mounting
All of them are made of silk.

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
Horiuchi Sokan (Kenchusai)(1919-2015)

A tea master active from the late Showa to Heisei periods.
He was the 12th head of the Horiuchi family of the Omotesenke school.
After the sudden death of his elder brother, the 11th head, he inherited the family leadership.
He studied under Sen Sosa, the 13th head of the Omotesenke school, and took the name Sokan in 1953.
Graduated from Kyoto Imperial University; his real name was Yoshihiko.
He served as head of Choseian and director of Fushin'an.
In 1997, he passed the name Sokan to his nephew and took the name Soshin.
Also known by the titles Choseian and Kenchusai.
Born in Kyoto and died in 2015.