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Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
Willow KannonEdo period (1615-1868), mid-18th centuryKakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting the bodhisattva Kannon clothed in white robes with an elaborate headdress seated on a pile of leaves floating on clouds, with downcast eyes and wearing her typical compassionate smile, both hands holding aloft a bowl containing a willow branch, the kohai (halo) behind her head inscribed Muryo, Fukujukai, Shigenjijusho (A limitless ocean of good fortune and longevity, her kindly eyes view the whole of creation), the character ju (long life) written larger than the others, sealed Kokan'i, Hakuin no in, and Ekaku Overall 88 x 32 1/4in (223 x 82cm); image 71 x 23in (180 x 58cm)
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For other depictions by Hakuin of Kannon with similar iconography, inscriptions, and attributes, compare a hanging scroll sold at Bonhams, London, November 7, 2019, lot 152, and Audrey Yoshiko Seo and Stephen Addiss, The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin, Boston, Shambhala Publications, 2010, pl. 2.7 and 2.8; the branch of willow seen to the left of the composition can be used to ward off disaster or illness, while the bodhisattva's white robes and leaf or grass mat—immortalized in a scroll by Kano Motonobu in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—became favored attributes during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.