Seated Daruma with the Inscription - "The Place Without Merit"
Artist
Jiun Onko
(Japanese, 1718 - 1804)
Date1775
Place of ManufactureAsia
Mediumink
DimensionsOverall (image/support; mount: 180.5 x 29.4 cm): 109.8 x 27.2 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. R. W. Finlayson, Toronto
Object number1977.116.001
DescriptionCalligraphy with suggestion of Daruma below. Mukodoku, 'no merit' is the reply given by Bodhidharma to the Emperor Wu of Liang, in their famous conversation when the question was proferred: 'What merits do I accrue by building monasteries?'Status
Not on view
Yu Ming
Tessai, Tomioka, after
