About This Print
One of five small prints (approx. 4 3/8 x 3 in.), each tipped to a heavy paper, depicting various scenes of Eihei-ji Zen temple, headquarters of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism located in the mountains near Fukui City. This print depicts Chokushimon (Imperial Messenger's Gate).
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The Five Prints
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Eihei-ji Zen Temple
Source: website of Daihonzan Eiheiji https://daihonzan-eiheiji.com/en/
with real Zen monastic practice
Eiheiji, "The Temple of EternalPeace", is one of the two head temples of Soto Zen. It is located deep inthe mountains, near the northwest coast of Japan, not far from Fukui City. Thistemple was founded by Zen Master Dōgen in 1244. He was offered land and otherhelp for this by Yoshishige Hatano, a samurai who was one of his most devotedlay followers. Dōgen thus founded Eiheiji, where he devoted himself to traininghis followers in the perfection of Zen practice in every action of daily life.Dōgen Zenji's authentic Zen has been scrupulously observed and passed down byhis successors. Still today, at Eiheiji over one hundred monks devotethemselves wholeheartedly to his practice of shikantaza （"single-minded sitting"）.In order to protect our traditional monastic practice and environment, we askall visitors to follow our rules.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2360 |
| Title or Description | Eihei-ji Chokushimon 永平寺勅使門 |
| Artist | Unknown |
| Signature | unsigned |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Publication Date | not dated |
| Publisher | unknown |
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| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | shin hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 4 3/8 x 3 in. (11.1 x 7.6 cm) |
| H x W Image | 4 3/8 x 3 in. (11.1 x 7.6 cm) |
| H x W Mounting Paper | 7 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. (18.1 x 14.8 cm) |
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8/6/2020 created
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