04 May 2017

Hakuin & the Scroll within a Scroll


Chapter Four : Ingenious Teaching Devices; Unusual Figures

The Scroll within a Scroll

In a small number of Hakuin's works, he depicts scenes in which he has included hanging scrolls - paintings and calligraphy - so they can be seen by the viewer. To begin this chapter, I will explore several of these "scroll within a scroll" paintings in order to discover Hakuin's reasons for employing such a pictorial device... click here to continue

- p. 179 The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin by Katsuhiro Yoshizawa (translated and with contributions by Norman Waddell)


Three Gods of Good Fortune Conning Words by Ssu-ma Kuang
Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)


Theatre of the Actors of Regard    
 detail 
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA