INOUE YUICHI Verse Of Master Fo Guang

• LOT

  805

• Artist

  INOUE YUICHI ( 1916 - 1985 )

• Estimate

  3,800,000 - 5,800,000 190,000 - 290,000 200,000 - 305,263 760,000 - 1,160,000 25,333 - 38,667

  JPY RMB HKD TWD USD

• Result

  JPY8,000,000

• Details

  ink on Japanese paper　hanging scroll　1980
  titled, stamped signature and signed
  CR80081
  authentication seal by Unagami Masaomi affixed to the reverse
  The inscription on this work is a poem composed by Mugaku Sogen, a Chinese Zen monk of the Song Dynasty.
  Provenance: A Gallery in Kamakura
  Publication: "Yu-ichi INOUE catalogue Vol.3" P.319, CR80081, UNAC TOKYO
  
  This poem was composed by Mugaku Sogen, a distinguished Zen master of the Southern Song dynasty, and reflects the Zen understanding of emptiness and liberation.
  The line "Throughout heaven and earth there is not a piece of ground where a single stick could be inserted" symbolizes the wandering ascetic with no fixed abode.
  The phrase "I am glad that all things are void, myself and the world" expresses the joy of awakening to the emptiness of both self and Dharma.
  The "three-foot sword wielded by the great Yuan swordsmen" represents sharp wisdom.
  With this sword, the poet "cuts a spring breeze in a flash of lightning"—a metaphor for severing delusions and seductive illusions in an instant.
  The final line, "cutting a spring breeze in a flash of lightning," has become a well-known phrase in the Zen tradition.
  
  INOUE YUICHI, born in Tokyo in 1916, is an artist who represents Japan in the late 20th century. He is often remembered as a wild and uninhibited figure, with his shaved head, wielding a giant brush, splashing ink, crawling and rolling on the ground, as if no one else existed. "He was a simple schoolteacher by day and an avant-garde artist at home," is how those who knew him described him. While the rest of Japan was indulging in rapid economic growth, he remained obscure, grounded, and genuine, and eventually honed himself into an artist who came to represent Japan and left his mark on the history of world art.
  
  142.0×194.0cm
  (55 ⅞ × 76 ⅜ in.)　

• Organizer

  Jo's Auction

• Auction

  Jo’s Auction Autumn Auction of Art Works 2025

• Catalog

  Contemporary Art/Modern&Post-War Art

• Date

  2025/10/23