Men haori with poem and three young dogs, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of three playing young dogs, two brown and one 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 'no', the dog says 'waf'), signature 'Ryogakutsu Soen', seal 'En'. It is a reference to the question of the Chinese zen priest Joshu (778-897) 'kushi bussho' ('has a puppy the Buddha nature'), to which he answered 'mu' ('non-something'). The 'waf' of the dog, 'wan' is written with the character for soup bowl, also 'wan', as a joke that emphasizes the non-logical nature of a zen question. Black glossy silk (habutae) with brocade woven decoration. Five family coats of arms (mon) from a well edge (igeta) motif., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, silk, h 131 cm × w 107 cm
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