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HAKUIN EKAKU (1685-1768)
Daruma
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century
Kakejiku (vertical hanging scroll), ink on paper
in silk and cotton mounts, the lacquered
jikusaki (roller ends) with carved scrolling motifs,
depicting Daruma in three-quarter profile with his
characteristic watchful expression, beneath an
inscription itsu mite mo いつ見ても (Whenever
you look at him), sealed Rinzai seishu 臨在正宗
(The true Rinzai sect), Hakuin 白隠, Ekaku 慧鶴
and with two further seals; with a wood
tomobako storage box, inscribed outside
Hakuin Kokushi Daruma Daishi gasan ippuku
白隠国師達磨大師画賛 一幅 (A scroll of the
Great Master Bodhidharma, painted and inscribed by
Hakuin Kokushi); and with an outer cardboard box.
Overall: 175cm x 43cm (68 7/8in x 16 7/8in);
image: 93cm x 28cm (36 5/8in x 11in). (3).

£12,000 - 18,000
JPY1,800,000 - 2,700,000
US$16,000 - 24,000

For Hakuin paintings of Daruma with the
same inscription, see Audrey Yoshiko Seo and
Stephen Addiss, The Sound of One Hand:
Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master
Hakuin, Boston, Shambhala Publications,
2010, pl.3.2 and fig.3.4.

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