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Enso Circle on a fan by Zen Priest Nakahara Nantenbo browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls: Pre 1920: item #911602 Please refer to our stock #ALR2622 when inquiring.
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| A circle, representing the eternal wheel, by the notorious Nantenbo (1839-1925) graces the delicate blades of this fan mounted as a fine tea room Chagake scroll. It is signed the 82 year old man Nantenbo. Ink on a (used) paper fan on a paper field enclosed in brown cloth extended in Prussian blue with black lacquered wooden rollers. The scroll is 22 by 47 inches (56 x 120 cm) and is in excellent condition, enclosed in period wooden box. Volumes could be written about the life of this artist. Born into a samurai family, Nantenbo joined the priesthood to ponder the untimely death of his mother. A devout monk, ha was famous (infamous) in his youth for challenging the authority of his religious superiors, and anyone else he felt unworthy. He was friend of the great swordsman/scholar Tesshu, and despite his rampaging was well protected by many powerful followers. He was to spend many years as the abbot of Kaiseiji in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and was a driving force behind the restoration of faith and integrity in the decrepit political system that was Zen Buddhism at the close of the Edo period. | ||||||||
