愚極礼才書 「極重悪人無他方便・唯稱弥陀得生極楽」, Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida, Gukyoku Reisai, 15th century

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愚極礼才書 「極重悪人無他方便・唯稱弥陀得生極楽」, Buddhist Maxim on the Saving Power of Amida, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), 15th century, Japan, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Image (each scroll): 36 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. ( x cm), Calligraphy, Gukyoku Reisai (Japanese, 1369–1452), Like adherents of the more popular Pure Land sects, Gukyoku Reisai, a prominent Zen monk, believed in the saving power of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitābha). This couplet, written in Chinese cursive script, reads, from right column to left: For an utterly evil person, there is no other expedient means

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