Author: SENGAI GIBON (1750-1837) - KUKUSAI BUNKU SHINKOKAI (PREFACE), DAISETZ T. SUZUKI (INTRODUCTION), (ET.AL.),
Title: Sengai [Art of a Zen Master exhibited]. [First edition].
Description: Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1963. 8°. Original colored glossy lim0p wrappers. Master's name on frontside with monochrome inscriptions at tail, small captioned monochrome illustration on lower outer cover. Frontcover instriptions explaned on verso. [83]pp. of english expert descriptive text to 80 monochrome and captioned illustrations in text, of which a few full-page, featuring ink-drawings and some skulptures by this famous Zen Master, prefaces and introductory texts. WITH an A-4 sized [4]pp. dutch language introduction and rather detailed explanation to Sengai's life and work by L.J.F. Wijsenbeek and Daisetz T. Suzuki, loosely inserted. Detailed english language historic survey and exhibition kept at the The Hague Municipal Museum, about the Japanese Zen Master, Calligrapher, Poet and draugtsman Sengai Gibon a japanese monk of the Rinzai school (one of three mains schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan. He was know for his controversial teachings and writings, as well as for his lighthearted Sumi-e paintings. Very fine copy, WITH THE LOOSELY INSERTED DUTCH LANGUAGE ANNEXE.

Keywords: japan sumi-e paintings poetry zenmaster buddhism zenschool calligraphy fine art culture heritage history asia fareast zenmaster religion