[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, short poems] Handwritten: Sitting Alone on the Great Hero Peak, White Clouds Embracing the Mysterious Stone, Summer Clouds on the Many Mysterious Peaks, or Flowing Clouds and Water, by Maeda Masamichi

●White Clouds Embracing Mysterious Stones…A heavenly scene in which a mysterious mountain of huge stones is enveloped in soft, gentle white clouds.
●Strange Summer Clouds…The summer clouds tower high, looking like a row of strange peaks. A typical summer scene.
●Kouunryusui (flowing clouds and flowing water)... A metaphor for acting without getting too attached to things and just going with the natural course of events. It is also a metaphor for not having a fixed form, but instead changing naturally and smoothly. ▽ "Kouun" means clouds passing through the sky. "Ryusui" means flowing water. It is also sometimes used as an analogy for Zen monks who travel around the country practicing.

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Size: Wide (approx. 36.3cm x 7.5cm)
Author: Masamichi Maeda
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Shodo Josen
Born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1939
1957: Enrolled at Hanazono University
In 1959, he was ordained under the guidance of Daiko Furukawa.
In 1961, he built a hanging tower at the Engaku Sodo in Kamakura and studied Zen under Sogen Asahina.
In 1974, he became the chief priest of Zuiho-in, a subtemple of Daitokuji Temple.
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[Zuiho-in Temple]
In 1535, Otomo Sorin of Bungo established this temple as his family temple, with the 91st abbot of Daitokuji, Bishu, as its founder.
Box: Tato paper