Heart Sutra in Fine Miniature Script on Paper

Name: Heart Sutra in Fine Miniature Script on Paper
SKU: 5869
Price: 290.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 195 x 50 cm

Product number: 5869

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Details about the sold piece

Height 195 cm
Width 50 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Washi (Rice Paper)
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes
Wooden Box Yes

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Description

The complete text of the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) runs across this kakemono in fine, even characters – a calligraphy whose calm and precision immediately convey the meditative concentration of the writing process. Red seals set a chromatic accent against the black ink at the end of the columns of text.

As one of the central texts of Mahayana Buddhism, the Heart Sutra is traditionally copied by hand in Japan to bring mind and hand into harmony – a practice known as Shakyo. The wooden ends of the roller rods underscore the restrained, elegant, unobtrusive character of this kakemono from the Shôwa period (1926–1989).

This calligraphy comes in a wooden box suitable for both storage and transport.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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