Men's Haori with poem and three young dogs. Haori for a man with a trim at the lining of three playing young dogs, two brown and a white, with a poem above it by the priest Shaku Soen (1859-1919): 'Dai Kushi, Joshu Iwaku Mu, Inu Iwaku Wan About the puppy, Joshu says 'Not', the dog says 'waf'), signature 'Ryogakutsu Soen', seal 'and'. It is a reference to the question of the Chinese Zen priest Joshu (778-897) 'Kushi Bussho' ('has a puppy the Buddha nature'), on which he answered 'mu' ('non-something'). The 'waf' of the dog, 'Wan' is written with the character for a soup bowl, also 'WAN', as a w
Men's Haori with poem and three young dogs. Haori for a man with a trim at the lining of three playing young dogs, two brown and a white, with a poem above it by the priest Shaku Soen (1859-1919): 'Dai Kushi, Joshu Iwaku Mu, Inu Iwaku Wan About the puppy, Joshu says 'Not', the dog says 'waf'), signature 'Ryogakutsu Soen', seal 'and'. It is a reference to the question of the Chinese Zen priest Joshu (778-897) 'Kushi Bussho' ('has a puppy the Buddha nature'), on which he answered 'mu' ('non-something'). The 'waf' of the dog, 'Wan' is written with the character for a soup bowl, also 'WAN', as a word grid that emphasizes the non-logical nature of a Zen question. Black glossy silk (habutae) with brocade textured decoration. Five family weapons (mon) of a putrand (Igeta) motif. See also AK-RAK-2009-3-53.
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