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The Institute for Zen Studies has over 350 scrolls in its collection. A periodically renewed selection of especially outstanding works will be displayed on this site.

Three Is One, One Is Three

Three Is One, One Is Three

Date 2011/9/16
Author Ungo Kiyō
Details Chōshōdō  013
Three is one, one is three
Size: hansetsu; silk mounting
Paper: 26.0 x 115.0 cm
Mounting: 28.0 x 182.0 cm
The Rinzai master Ungo Kiyō was born in Tosa (present-day Kōchi Prefecture). He became a monk at Daitoku-ji under Kenkoku Sōryō (1561-1611), then trained under and became the successor of Myōshin-ji’s Itchū Tōmoku (1552-1621). After residing in Obama in Wakasa (present-day southern Fukui Prefecture) he lived as a hermit on Mount Kachio in Settsu (present northern Osaka Prefecture). During that period he lectured before Emperor Gomizuno’o (1596-1680). At the invitation of Date Masamune’s son Tadamune (1600-1658) he became abbot of Zuigan-ji in Matsushima. He restored Zuigan-ji to its former eminence and also founded the temple Taibai-ji. His posthumous names include Zen Master Jikō Fumai and National Teacher Daihi Enman.

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