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Hakuin Ekaku
Three Sages Tasting Vinegarmid-18th century

Not on view
Ink painting on a hanging scroll, three robed figures around a large dark jar, with a vertical East Asian inscription and red seal in the upper right
Ink on paper calligraphy panel with bold Chinese characters in running script, arranged in three vertical columns on aged cream paper, with two red seal impressions at left and two at right.
Artist or Maker
Hakuin Ekaku
Japan, 1685-1768
Title
Three Sages Tasting Vinegar
Date Made
mid-18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (46.36 x 44.45 cm); Mount: 56 x 20 3/4 in. (142.24 x 52.71 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert and Helen Kuhn Family Trust
Accession Number
M.2012.106.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2012-2013: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 64, no.2 (2014): 236-244.
  • Seo, Audrey Yoshiko, and Stephen Addiss. The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin. Boston: Shambhala, 2010.
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.