Catalogue information
Kamakura period, early 14th century
Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
32.3 x 36.5 cm (12 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 29 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
The Thirty-sixth Wise One / The Elder of Firm Deliverance professed at the Fertile Town. / Diligently seeking the orthodox dharma with no respite; / serving the Buddha in all capacities with thorough trust and devotion. / Purity, solemn sanctity, and firmness of will / all emerge from the mind that clings to nothing.
Supplementary Transcriptions
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第三十六知識 沃田城堅固解脫長者讚 :
勤求正[水缶]无休息﹐
徧事如來盡信誠。
清淨莊嚴堅固力﹐
皆從无者念中生。