Artist
Hakuin Ekaku
(白隠慧鶴; 1685–1768)
Catalogue information
Edo period, 18th century
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
30.5 x 46.6 cm (12 x 18 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 427 in Volume I of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Text
by Hakuin
Don’t be a fool. / It’s not a bird. It’s only a straw sandal / that is looking for a wearer.
Seals
Hakuin
; Ekaku no in
; [illegible]