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Sengai

Sengai

Japanese, 1750–1837

Sengai Gibon (1750–1837) was a Japanese Zen monk of the Rinzai school, born in Mino Province. He spent the rest of his life at Shōfuku-ji in Fukuoka, the first Zen temple in Japan, and became known for light-hearted ink paintings that made Zen teaching accessible to ordinary people, such as Circle, Triangle, Square in the Idemitsu Museum of Arts.

Sources: Wikipedia (en): Sengai · Wikidata Q1370392

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