LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Daidō Bunka
The Character for "Heart/Mind" as an Ensōfirst half 18th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll with ink brushwork on cream paper: bold circular stroke enclosing two teardrop shapes, with columns of East Asian calligraphy and two red seals to the left
Detail of ink calligraphy on cream-colored paper, with two red square seals in Chinese script at center left, and sweeping black brushstrokes at top and right edges.
Aged paper with a single oval red seal impression at center, containing Chinese seal-script characters in vermilion ink, with scattered foxing across the surface.
Artist or Maker
Daidō Bunka
Japan, 1680-1752
Title
The Character for "Heart/Mind" as an Ensō
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 3/16 x 21 in. (28.4 x 53.3 cm); Mount: 44 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (113.0 x 59.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Edwin Janss
Accession Number
M.84.211.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Speer, Richard. The Space of Effusion: Sam Francis in Japan. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2020.