Heart Sutra with Dedication Line in Fine Ink
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Ishikawa Ryodo 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 178 cm
- Width 52 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Sculpture
- Material Honshi Paper
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
No longer available
Description
In dense, even columns, the complete text of the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) fills this hanging scroll – one of the best-known Buddhist scriptures, which condenses the teaching of the emptiness of all phenomena into a few hundred characters. The characters are written with a calm, disciplined hand, even in stroke yet lively, suggesting a long-practiced calligraphic training.
The work bears the signature and seal of the calligrapher Ishikawa Ryodo and was created in the Shôwa period. It is executed on paper, and the scroll mounting is fitted with jikusaki ends made of plastic.
As a spiritually charged hanging scroll, this kakemono is especially suited to the tokonoma of a meditation or tea room, but can equally serve as a contemplative, culturally meaningful accent in a quietly kept living space.
