Tokuō Ryōkō
Zen Circle
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
A Zen painting serves as an additional aid to those on the path of Zen in search of enlightenment. Among the familiar motifs is a painted circle. Here it is accompanied by the calligraphed question ‘What is this?’ along with totsu, an exclamation intended to catalyze a sudden insight in the disciple.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- AK-MAK-1831
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 6 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
