ZEN PAINTINGS
DANIELLE WILLIAMS

PAINTINGS BY JAPANESE ZEN MASTERS
17TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART

 

KOGAN GENGEI (1748–1821)

Kogan Gengei was a prolific Zen artist, whose paintings often show a whimsical touch and contain humorous, original compositions.  

Kogan was born on April 27, 1748. At the age of nine, he took vows at Kanko-ji temple in his home province. When he was seventeen, he traveled to many temples in search of further Zen teachings, and it was on this journey that he met the great Zen master Hakuin.  

Kogan studied under Hakuin at his temple for several years. When Kogan first arrived, Hakuin was over eighty years old, and so Kogan also worked with a number of Hakuin’s direct disciples. Kogan received his certificate of the transmission of the law from Sokai. 

On New Year’s day in 1785, at the age of thirty-seven, Kogan became the 21st abbot of Kogen-ji in Tamba.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  ALL OF THE PAINTINGS BELOW HAVE BEEN SOLD
AND ARE FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY

 

"Daikoku"
by Kogan

 

"Shotoku Taishi"
by Kogan

"Laughing Hotei"
by Kogan

 

"Zen Bull"
by Kogan

 

"Calligraphy"
by Kogan

 

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