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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.