Heart Sutra in Landscape Format on Golden Brown Background
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Suekan and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 128 cm
- Width 65 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Wood
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
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Description
Densely arranged one after another on this hanging scroll are the characters of the Heart Sutra, written in a calm, easily legible calligraphy that renders the religious text in its full length. Striking is the clear, almost architectural order of the individual columns, which offers the viewer a structured approach to this otherwise complex Buddhist text. At the end of the lines of text are the signature and red seal of the calligrapher.
The work was created in the Shôwa period and is executed on paper. The jikusaki made of wood completes the traditional, restrained appearance of the hanging scroll. The Heart Sutra is among the most frequently copied texts of Japanese Buddhism and was recorded calligraphically over the centuries by monks and laypeople alike, both as a spiritual exercise and as an independent work of art.
For those who appreciate Japanese calligraphy and Buddhist art, this hanging scroll represents a stylish and at the same time meaningful collector's item, one that is excellently suited to a quiet, contemplatively designed room.
