Pilgerstab | Tōrei Enji 東嶺円慈 | 1721-1795 format:32cm x 198cm disappear beneath the image

disappear beneath the image

revealing his wit with a barely perceptible twinkle in his eyes

The somewhat old-fashioned turned finials on the lower picture rail have also been left in place

gently expanded it and brought it to new heights

" while the second is best known in the combination dame

Pilgerstab | Tōrei Enji 東嶺円慈 | 1721-1795 format:32cm x 198cm disappear beneath the imageTrei Enji received a monastic education as a child and trained as a Rinzai priest. At the age of 23, he became a disciple of Hakuin, who is considered the great innovator of Zen Buddhist painting. Although Trei is considered the spiritual and artistic heir of Hakuin, he refrained from using his master's sometimes almost grotesque textual and graphic style of expression. A priest's pilgrim's staff is a popular Zen motif. It is treated in many different