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Calligraphy of a Zen epigram

Hamada Shōji

Artwork Details

Calligraphy of a Zen epigram
1967
Hamada Shōji
ink on paper
12 1/4 in x 19 9/16 in (31.12 cm x 49.69 cm)
Gift of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild
1980/2.219

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Description

Hamada Sho ̄ji
Japan, 1894–1978
Sho ̄wa period (1926–89)
1967
Ink on paper
Gift of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild, 1980/2.219–222
During his 1967 stay in Ann Arbor, Hamada Sh ji visited and did
demonstrations at the Ann Arbor Potters Guild, where he left the
witty drawings and calligraphy works on view in this case.

Subject Matter:

Zen epigram

Physical Description:

Calligraphic text of Zen epigram, signature to bottom right.

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