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death. Many different types and styles of and formerly of the Tokuzen[]i subtemple], family name Soga, who served the warrior
Daruma portraits were painted in both Jun Ikkyù respectfully eulogizes [stamped clan Asakura in Echizen Province (now
China and Japan. The half-length type had with a square relief seal Ikkyü] Fukui Prefecture located on the Japan Sea
appeared already before the twelfth cen- The poem is recorded, with slightly coast). The Asakura, in turn, were for gen-
tury in China. different wordings, in Ikkyü's collection of erations vassals of the Shiba family who, as
The inscription above is by the fa- literary works Kydun shü (Mad Cloud a branch family of the Ashikaga, had
mous Zen monk of Daitokuji Ikkyü Sôjun Coll.). The Palace of King Xiangzhi men- been kanrei (deputy shogun) in control of
(1394-1481; see also cat. 11). As Daruma tioned in the last line of Ikkyu's poem is a the Echizen region. At the time this
faces to the left, the inscription is written Chinese name for the palace of the father Bodhidharma painting was executed Echi-
from left to right: of Bodhidharma, thought to have been sit- zen was ruled by Asakura Toshikage (also
uated in South India, corresponding to known as Takakage, 1428-1481; cat. 15), the
Followers in China and India conjure your present-day Madras. Fifth-generation de- powerful warrior and enlightened ruler of
spirit; Echizen proper who controlled the area as
Half the figure, a portrait, reveals your scendant ofDaitd refers to Ikkyu's position shugodai (deputy constable). The Asakura
in the
transmission line of teaching;
fifth
entire body; family came under the influence of and
What did the grass mat at Shaolin [temple] from Daitd (Great Lamp) Kokushi (Na- actively patronized Ikkyü, and Bokkei is re-
tional Master) to the monk Shüho Myóchó
accomplish? (1282-1337), the founding abbot of the corded as one of his disciples. At least two
At the Palace of King Xiangzhi, spring of Daitokuji monastery in Kyoto. Tokuzenji portraits of Ikkyü were painted by Bokkei
plums and willows. Saiyo, one dated 1452 and the other 1453.
is a subtemple of Daitokuji, which had
The sixth year ofKansei [1465], day of been refurbished by Ikkyu sometime On the basis of the dates of these paint-
spring; [signed] Fifth generation descendant around 1459 when he was appointed its ings, it is assumed that this Bokkei is "Hy-
ofDaitd [Kokushi or the National Master] abbot. ôbu Bokkei" who is mentioned in the
The artist Bokkei Saiyo was the earli- collection of literary works of the scholar-
est of the group of artists known by the

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