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HAKUIN EKAKU (1685-1768) As translated by Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Stephen Addiss, the
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century meaning of the inscription, seen on a number of other paintings and
Large yokomono (horizontal kakejiku [hanging scroll]); ink on paper calligraphies by Hakuin, is ‘If people are loyal to their lord and filial to
mounted in silk, inscribed with a large character Chu (Loyalty) followed their parents I’ll give them my straw coat, hat, mallet, and bag’ (see
by an inscription in smaller characters Kimi ni chu oya ni ko aru hito shi Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Stephen Addiss, The Sound of One Hand:
araba mino kasa mo yaro tsuchi mo fukuro (see below for translation), Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin, Boston, Shambhala
sealed at top right Kokan’i and after the inscription Ekaku and Hakuin, Publications, 2010, p.86 and plate 2.16). The painting referred to by
with a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Hakuin Zenshi Seo and Addiss has Daikoku, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune,
Chuji (‘Loyalty’ character by Zen Master Hakuin) and with a manuscript sitting in front of the inscription and the coat, hat, mallet, and bag are
certificate of authenticity. Overall: 146cm x 84cm (57½in x 33 1/8in); all attributes of the Gods: the cloak and hat of invisibility, the mallet
image: 58cm x 66cm (22 7/8in x 26in). (3). wielded by Daikoku himself and the large bag of treasures carried by
the jolly pot-bellied Hotei. For another example of the same inscription
£15,000 - 20,000 on a ‘Loyalty’ calligraphy by Hakuin, in the Gitter-Yelen Collection
JPY2,300,000 - 3,000,000 (Man’yoan), see http://www.manyoancollection.org/work/chu-sincerity/
US$21,000 - 28,000 (inv. no. 2006.4).

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