Reading a Sutra by Moonlight, 即非如一筆　墨蹟, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 10 13/

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Reading a Sutra by Moonlight, 即非如一筆　墨蹟, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 10 13/16 x 23 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Sokuhi Nyoitsu (Jifei Ruyi) (Chinese/ Japanese, 1616–1671), The Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (1592–1673), known in Japan as Ingen Ryōki, came to Japan in 1654, where he introduced a style of Chan, or Zen, Buddhism and spread Ming-dynasty culture. He built a temple called Manpukuji near Kyoto, and his school was known as the Ōbaku sect after a mountain near the temple site

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