The Burke Collection
Daruma (達磨)
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426-1

Artist

Mindō Sōsen

(明堂宗宣; fl. 18th century)

Catalogue information

Edo period

Hanging scroll; red ink on silk

83 x 21 cm (32 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Additional details

Signature

[at bottom, under subject, in red pigment] Murasakino Mindō

Seal

[at bottom] Mindō

Text

by Shōgetsuken

The fruit comes into being naturally; / one flower brings forth five leaves.

Signature

[above figure] Inscribed by Shōgetsuken at the foot of Ryūhōzan

Seals

[above figure] Unshutsu Dōsanmei; Chūhō; Shōrō Sekkan