GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Daruma, the semi-legendary founder of Zen Buddhism, was among Hakuin's favored subjects, particularly as he is represented here, with a large head, intense gaze, and calligraphic stroke indicating his robe. The calligraphy above his head quotes the last stanza of a poem attributed to Daruma, but most likely from Tang dynasty China (618-906 C.E.), which summarizes an important principle of Zen:
A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence upon words or letters;
Directly pointing at the mind of man;
Seeing into his own nature, man attains Buddhahood
Drawn from
- "Daruma," DMA Connect, 2012.
- "Bodhidharma," in Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection, ed. John M. Rosenfield (Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1979), no. 29.
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1972: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, purchased from Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1], [2]
[1] The source of this provenance is the acquisition record card in the Collections Records object file (1972.1).
[2] The name Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
Daruma, the semi-legendary founder of Zen Buddhism, was among Hakuin's favored subjects, particularly as he is represented here, with a large head, intense gaze, and calligraphic stroke indicating his robe. The calligraphy above his head quotes the last stanza of a poem attributed to Daruma, but most likely from Tang dynasty China (618-906 C.E.), which summarizes an important principle of Zen:
A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence upon words or letters;
Directly pointing at the mind of man;
Seeing into his own nature, man attains Buddhahood
Drawn from
- "Daruma," DMA Connect, 2012.
- "Bodhidharma," in Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection, ed. John M. Rosenfield (Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1979), no. 29.
Fun Facts
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Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1972: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, purchased from Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1], [2]
[1] The source of this provenance is the acquisition record card in the Collections Records object file (1972.1).
[2] The name Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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