Hayashi Ekyo (1896-1979), Kiyowa yaki Kiyowa yaki Chawan, tea bowl - 福以徳招 - “Getting fortune by engaging virtue.”Signed: Tofuku & kaô Seals: Kiyowa Technique: Gohonde Kyôyaki with an underglaze tetsu-e iron oxide inscription Ø 13 x 7,7 Box: signed Condition: fine Box inscription: 福以徳招 東福時宗 Fukui tokushô, Getting fortune by engaging virtue [signed:] Tôfukuji sô & kaô [Seals:] on chakin, whiping cloth: 東福管長、晦宗, Tofuku kanchô & Kaishû Ekyo (Kaishû) was born in Mie-ken. He served at both Myoshin-ji first and at Tofuku-ji later. In 1907 he went to the Nanzenji and in 1921 he started a zen training school at the Myoshin-ji. Ekyô was 299th Head Abbot of Tofuku-ji and 12th Head of Tofuku-ji sect. Reference: Moog p. 217 Price: EUR 450 / USD 486 | |