Ink on paper Size: 20 ¾ x 8
¾ inches (22 x 43 ¾ overall) Mounting:Blue brocade and gray silk.
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Translation:
The sound of the wind in the
pines.
Shizan, age 100
The wind
in the pines signifies the natural world, and the teachings that nature
conveys to a still mind.
Ashikaga Shizan was active until his death in 1959 at the venerable
age of 100.This calligraphy was brushed in the last year of his life, in
the full ripeness of his Zen realization.
