Heart Sutra in Gold Ink on Dark Blue Ground

Name: Heart Sutra in Gold Ink on Dark Blue Ground
SKU: 5870
Price: 320.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, with box, 173 x 60 cm

Product number: 5870

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Details about the sold piece

Height 173 cm
Width 60 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 Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) extends across this kakemono in fine, densely arranged columns – a text that, with its teaching of the emptiness of all phenomena, ranks among the most significant scriptures of Japanese Buddhism. The even line work reveals a practiced, calm hand.

At the lower end of the text columns, signature and red seal attest to the authorship of the work, which is attributable to the Shôwa period (1926–1989). The wooden roller ends blend unobtrusively into the plain, meditative overall effect of this calligraphy.

This calligraphy comes in a wooden box that safely preserves the work.

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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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