Reiun Kanka　霊雲観花

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Ch: Ling Yun Guanhua. The Tang dynasty Zen 禅 priest Lingyun Zhiqin (Jp: Reiun Shikin 霊雲志勤), a disciple of Weishan Lingyu (Jp: Isan Reiyuu い山霊祐), who achieved enlightenment while watching peach blossoms. He composed a well-known verse on the experience. The story is included in the Jingde Chuandenglu (Jp: KEITOKU DENTOUROKU 景徳伝燈録 ; Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004). The screen painting by Kanou Motonobu 狩野元信 (1476-1559) in Daitokuji Daisen-in 大徳寺大仙院 (ca. 1513), Kyoto, is the best known example in Japan.

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