Merchandise NO2B-6          

Sotosect - Souji-Temple
       / Sengai Ekido

Price 25,000 YEN      


Sengai Ekido (1805-1879)

 The priest of Soto-sect.
 He was born in Nagoya in 1805.
 He studied Soto Zen with Fugai.
 The first reign superintendent priest
 of the Sotosect Souji temple.
 He died in 1879 at the age of 75.

Main Paper B=28.0cm H=123.0cm
Mounting Silk B=38.5cm H=212.0cm
Box Signatureless
Paulownia box included.
Condition is good overall.
with natural yellowing.
Meaning (Bunbutsu wa Inishie wo Shitosuru)
Many writings and objects
take the past as their teacher.

Signatureless Paulownia bo