拍品 61
61
Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)

Letter addressed to Ishii Gentoku

细节
Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
Letter addressed to Ishii Gentoku
Signed Hakuin and dated tsuki misokabi (30th day of the month)
Letter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
10 x 14¾in. (25.4 x 36.4cm.)
Box lid authentication signed and sealed by Furuta Shokin

拍品专文

This is a letter by Hakuin to Ishii Gentoku (1671-1751), a medical doctor and serious Zen pupil, who maintained a close relationship with Hakuin throughout his life. Here Hakuin is writing to thank Gentoku for medicine. Other letters from Hakuin to Gentoku are in Ryuunji Temple in Tokyo.