Text: Throughout, the body is hand and eye. (The thousand-handed Kannon's immeasurable. limitless, surpassing action.) Obaku Muso Eigan.

Temple: The Obaku sect. The 45th chief abbot of Manpuku-ji. Shoun-ji in Himeji, Hyogo.

Data: He was ordained as a Obaku Zen monk by Tokuun in Beppo-in, the sub temple of Obaku Manpuku-ji in 1848. He practiced Zen in Enichi-ji in Fukuoka and Shobo-ji in Shiga. He continued to practice Zen under KanrinGyojo and Doei Tsusho. He was invited to be the abbot of Shoun-ji in Himeji, Hyogo and then he was recommended to be the 45th chief abbot of Manpuku-ji in 1912. He retired in the net year.

Paper Dimension /cm: 125.2*42.7 Whole Dimension /cm: 194*56.8

Style: Vertical silk mounting. Normal style.
Condition: Silk: Fine. Mounting: Good.
Box: Paulownia.

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UPDATE: 2013/05/07
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