"A Plum Flower Scent Hits My Nose" Artist: Mokuan Shōtō (Chinese, 1611–1684)

3rd quafter 17th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 52 3/8 × 14 3/8 in. (133 × 36.5 cm)
with mounting: 75 3/16 in. (191 cm)
with rollers: 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with an anonymous gift

Accession Number

2012.75.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Calligraphy

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Provenance
Tessaido, Kyoto, Japan; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. purchase in 2012.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy

Inscriptions

"A Plum Flower Scent Hit My Nose"\r\n\r\n黄檗木庵　「梅花撲鼻香」

Signed

"Obaku Mokuan sho" [calligraphed by Mokuan of the Obaku (sect)]; following seals of square intaglio "Mokuan (Sho)To in" [Seal of Mokuan [Shou]tou] and "Shouhou eishou" [the true Law, eternal praising]. The right top kanbouin (the seal of checkpoint) reads: "Rinzei Shoushuu" [the true school of Linqi].
木庵瑫印 正法永昌
臨済正宗

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