Daruma

Hakuin Ekaku

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Hakuin Ekaku (Japanese, 1685–1768). Daruma, ca. 1765. Hanging scroll, ink on paper, Image: 22 x 8 1/4 in. (55.9 x 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster, 77.207. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Daruma

Date

ca. 1765

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Hanging scroll, ink on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

Image: 22 x 8 1/4 in. (55.9 x 21 cm)

Inscriptions

jikishi ninshin, kensho jobutsu "Pointing directly at the mind of man, seeing one's own nature, man attains Buddhahood."

Markings

Three artist seals

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Poster

Accession Number

77.207

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