Ensō, 19th century, Taidō Shūfū, Japanese, 1776 - 1836, 11 1/16 x 24 5/16 in. ( x cm) (image)42 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( x cm) (without roller), Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Japan, 19th century, Zen masters have long drawn circles (ensō) in the air, scratched them in the sand, and painted them on silk and paper as symbols of perfection and the enlightened mind. Taidō was a Rinzai Zen priest and abbot of Daitokuji, an important monastery located in Kyoto. Here, he brushed a perfectly round ensō with the following couplet

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