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Fujii Kaido (1898-1994) - Zen Keisaku browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Devotional Objects: Pre 1980: item # 848956
zen-zen0 76-16 Tenno-cho, Okazaki, Sakkyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8335 075-771-9190 $1200 |
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| A wooden Keisaku inscribed and signed by Fujii Kaido (1898-1994), the 515th Head Abbot of Daitoku-ji zen temple in Kyoto. The inscription reads A SHARP WEAPON THAT WILL APPEAR OUT OF THIN AIR (TO BEAT SOME SENSE INTO YOU)! Translation by John Stevens. A keisaku is a flat stick used in the Zendo to strike a meditator across the shoulder to relieve stiffness and to spur him or her on to greater effort. The inscription refers to a magic eight-pointed spear mentioned in Hindu mythology that could defeat all enemies and remove every obstacle simply by being waved in the air. In Rinzai training use of the keisaku occurs suddenly--"appear out of thin air"--and is applied rather forcefully in order to wake up the mediator literally and figuratively. The keisaku measures 40" long and is 2" thick at its widest point. A dense and heavy wood which we believe is form of tigerwood. | ||||||||
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