Couplet from the Chinese Poem Grasses by Bai Juyi, 「離離原上草一歳一枯榮」 （白居易『草』より）, Muromachi period (1392–1573), 15th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 46 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (118.8 × 26.4 cm), Calligraphy, Motsurin Jōtō (Bokusai) (Japanese, died 1491), A scroll with boldly inscribed Chinese characters by or attributed to a prominent Zen monk such as Motsurin Jōtō would have been used for display in an alcove during a tea ceremony. Motsurin Jōtō, or Bokusai, was a close disciple of the famous Zen monk Ikkyū (1394–1481) of Daitokuji
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