Death Poem of Daitō Kokushi

Artist: Suda Kokuta (Japanese, 1906–1990)

1986

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 35 7/16 × 22 13/16 in. (90 × 57.9 cm)
with rollers: 69 7/8 × 26 15/16 in. (177.5 × 68.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966

Accession Number

2012.146.1a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Showa era (1926–89)

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
The work was at the Shibunkaku Art and Book Dealer in Kyoto before Mr. & Mrs. Cowles purchased it in 2012.
Bibliography
  • Sadako Ohki, "Japanese Calligraphy at Yale: From Sutra to the Avant-Garde," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 95, fig. 14
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, hanging scrolls

Inscriptions

The death poem by Daitou Kokushi\r\nBuddhas and patriarchs cut to pieces;\r\nThe sword (named "cut even a blown hair") is ever kept sharpened.\r\nWhere the wheel turns,\r\nThe void gnashes its teeth.\r\n\r\n大燈國師遺偈\r\n仏祖截断吹毛常磨\r\n機輪転処虚空牙咬\r\n縄文種記号 刻 刻太 須田 1986\r\n

Signed

No written signature but sealed "Suda Kokuta" in a square seald in which from left top, down, and to right top, down.

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