Stefan Arteni

Ink and Wash

A Visual Essay

Bobyo http://dev.shambhala.humanelementdev.com/wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2013/01/bon-dragon-3.jpg

SolInvictus Press 2013

Kukai https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=490273007662172&set=a.499564726733000 .106506.261462570543218&type=1&theater

Mokuan Shoto 1611-1684 Obaku http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9129.html

One who is not polluted by mud is the true person of virtue Kosen Shoton 1633-1695 Obaku http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9173.html

Hakuin Ekaku 1685-1768 Rinzai http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/th e-ticket/css/Hakuin468.jpg

Hakuin Ekaku 1685-1768 Rinzai http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/11231/slide_11231_147716_huge.jpg

Its horns and body are soft; nevertheless its name is Katatumuri. ('Kata' means hard) Hakuin Ekaku 1685-1768 Rinzai http://www.jikyuan.com/9333.html

Fukurokuju Daishin Gito 1657 - 1730 http://www.aspireauctions.com/216 -2315515/WebObjects/seauction.woa/1 /wa/largedetail?imagesrc=%2Fauc tions%2F2011MAY%2Flarge%2F4 1879-01.jpg&anchor=4187901&wosid=bOAuR9UVDinbw4W8 FYovD0

Daishin Gito 1657-1730 http://www.asianart.com/BachmannEckenstein/3.html

Namoamidabutsu Kansan Doitsu1757-1825 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9457.html

Sokai Giun 1722-1794 Rinzai http://www.jikyu-an.com/9235.html

Cranes fly over thousands of feet of snow Tengei Eken1723-1794 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9398.html

Dainichi Nyorai Seed Syllable Jiho Hyakunyo 1731-1804 Tendai http://intranet.shambhala.com/asse ts/skins/shambhala_skin/images/pr oducts_lg/3124.jpg

Reitan Roryu 1746-1806 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jiky u-an/9373.html

Yosa Buson http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/exhibitions/2013/Asia_Week_New_York/images/2287%20(2).JPG

Kobayashi Issa 1763 - 1827 Jodo http://www.s hambhala.co m/images/illu s/Issa.PNG

Kobayashi Issa 1763 - 1827 Jodo http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/exhibitions/past/2012/Asia_Week/images/2127-1.JPG

Inoue Shiro 1742-1812 http://www.shambhala.com/images/illus/moonandmountain.PNG

Inoue Shiro 1742 1812 http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/12/inoue-shiro.html

Orchid has a Japanese unique fragrance. Do you know? Even if anyone does not smell it, it gives off a sweet fragrance Shuntaku Susetsu 1750-1831 Rinzai http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9271.html

Sengai Gibon 1750-1837 Rinzai http://www.jikyuan.com/9332.html

Chuho Sou (Shogetsu) 17591838 http://www.manyoancollection.org/collection/works/detail/199/294/

Plum moon Chuho Sou (Shogetsu) 1759-1838 http://www.zen-zen0.com/items/1162949/enlargement1162949zenzen.html

Kaiten Eko 1794-1853 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/8774.html

Kitagawa Utamaro http://ukiyoegallery .blogspot.com/201 2/10/large-headportrait-kitagawautamaro.html

Jakutan Shunryu ? -1869 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9372.html

Kaishu Sotou 1808-1878 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/5031.html

Takabatake Shikibu 1785-1881 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151016862480820&set=a.10151016860925820.487711.98739970819&type=3&theater

Rysai (Hiroshige II) 1826-69 http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/fullsize.as p?img=http://orandajin.littlechicken.nl/775 0_ryusai.jpg

Kunisada studio http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/fullsize.asp?img=http://orandajin.littlechicken.nl/7356_ut agawa.jpg

Utagawa Kuniyoshi http://uploads5.wikipaintings.org/images/utagawa-kuniyoshi/women-24.jpg

Humanity, justice, propriety, wisdom and faith (Ogino) Dokuon Joshu 1819-1895 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9251.html

Tekisui Giboku 1822-1899 Rinzai http://www.jikyu-an.com/9240.html

Takahashi Deishu 1835-1903 http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

Takahashi Deishu 1835-1903 http://www.f acebook.co m/photo.ph p?fbid=101 512080829 20820&set =a.101512 080816758 20.511185. 987399708 19&type=3 &theater

(Kawashima) Shoin Eso 1865-1924 Rinzai http://www.jikyu-an.com/9241.html

(Murakami) Mutei Mutei 1863-1923 Rinzai http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9166.html

Kuu: emptiness?, zero, neither being nor nothing, neither top nor bottom, neither right nor left, nothing else matters Sohan Gempo Shoun 1848-1922 Rinzai www.trocadero.com/stores/goto/ite ms/1161373/item1161373.htm

Sohan Gempo Shoun 1848-1922 Rinzai http://www.zenzen0.com/items/1184843/enlarge ment1184843zenzen.html

Sohan Gempo Shoun 1848 1922 Rinzai http://www.sarugallery.com/default.php?L=6a&NR=451

Sazanami Iwaya 1869-1933 http://www.shogaya.com/indexe. html

Nantembo Nakahara 1839-1925 Rinzai http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/f ullsize.asp?img=http://orandajin.lit tlechicken.nl/1088_nantembo.jpg

(Takeda) Mokurai Soen 1854-1930 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9193.html

(Kozuki) Tanaka Tesshu Chisei 1879-1937 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9199.html

Kgetsu shfu, The moon [reflecting] in the river, wind [blowing] through the pines (Kozuki) Tanaka Tesshu Chishei 1879-1937 Rinzai http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/ful lsize.asp?img=http://orandajin.little chicken.nl/2759_tesshu.jpg

We have a spring of the heavens and the earth (Kitano) Genpo Daiko 1842-1933 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9458.html

Nakajima Kaho 1866-1939 http://www.bachmanne ckenstein.com/exhibitio ns/2013/Asia_Week_N ew_York/images/2246 %20(2).JPG

Keiju Reikyo 1881-1935 Rinzai http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/ful lsize.asp?img=http://orandajin.little chicken.nl/1330_keiju.jpg

Keiju Reikyo 1881-1935 Rinzai http://www.orandajin.com/dasite/f ullsize.asp?img=http://orandajin.li ttlechicken.nl/2315_keiju.jpg

Miyajima Eishi 1867-1943 http://www.na garagawagaro u.com/works/e n-eishic070.html

Seisetsu Seki Genjo 1877-1945 Rinzai http://www.asianartsc hmitz.de/englisch/im ages/K_2083_000.jp g

Seigan Taniuchi 1867-1953 Shingon http://www.sh ogaya.com/in dexe.html

Anonymous early 20th century http://www.sarugallery.com/default. php?L=6a&NR=122

Deiryu (Izawa) Kanju Sojun 1895-1954 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9319.html

Deiryu (Izawa) Kanju Sojun 1895-1954 Rinzai http://www.sarugalle ry.com/default.php? L=6a&NR=367

Deiryu (Izawa) Kanju Sojun 1895-1954 Rinzai http://www.sarugallery.co m/default.php?L=6a&NR =195

Deiryu (Izawa) Kanju Sojun 1895-1954 Rinzai http://www.bachmanneckenstein. com/exhibitions/2013/Asia_Week _New_York/images/2275%20(2). JPG

Harmony Sugawara Donge 1866-1956 Rinzai http://jyuluck-do.com/sp702861japanese-zen-kakemono.jpg

(Miura) Joten Soko 1872-1958 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9430.html

Blue cloud Yamamoto Gempo 1866-1961 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/8790.html

Endurance Yamamoto Gempo 1866-1961 Rinzai http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9305.html

Yamamoto Gempo 1866-1961 Rinzai http://shogaya.com/indexe.html

(Furukawa) Gyodo Ekun 1872-1961 Rinzai http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9154.html

The springing spring boils white clouds Gyokuden Shinboku 1870-1961 Obaku http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

Snail and Poem Imai Keiju 1891-1967 www.the-kura.com/items/1107694/item1107694store.html

(Furukawa) Taiko Sotaku 1871-1968 Rinzai http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

(Furukawa) Taiko Sotaku 1871-1968 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9450.html

(Furukawa) Taiko Sotaku 1871-1968 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9426.html

(Furukawa) Taiko Sotaku 1871-1968 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9427.html

Kaiso 20th century http://www.sarugallery.com/def ault.php?L=6a&NR=453

Pleasure (Raku) Sokushin Shutan ? - 1971 Tendai http://www.shogaya.com/ indexe.html

(Shibayama) Bunmin Zenkei 1894-1974 Rinzai http://www.jikyuan.com/9262.ht ml

The pine tree is always green. There is no difference of color between old and young pine trees (Shibayama) Bunmin Zenkei 1894-1974 Rinzai http://shogaya.com/indexe.html

The water sound when a spring gushes can be heard cleanly Jiko Tsugaku 1898-1973 Obaku http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

Mind (Kono) Enkai Sokan 1901-1970 Rinzai http://web.kyot oinet.or.jp/org/ji kyuan/9125.html

Sougen Asahina 1891-1979 Rinzai http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

Happy longevity Sougen Asahina 1891 -1979 Rinzai http://shogaya.com/indexe.h tml

Yoho Seki 1900-1982 Rinzai http://www.jikyuan.com/9348.html

Yoho Seki 1900-1982 Rinzai http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

Kouichi Awakawa economist http://www.shogaya.com/ind exe.html

Kouichi Awakawa economist http://www.shogaya.com/indexe .html

Toy with flowers (Kajiura) Itsugai Sojitsu 1896-1981 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9451.html

(Murase) Genmyo Kouki 1913-1988 Obaku http://www.jikyuan.com/9341.html

(Inaba) Shinden Genmyo 1906-1986 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9229.html

(Inaba) Shinden Genmyo 1906-1986 Rinzai http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml

(Inaba) Shinden Genmyo 19061986 Rinzai http://ww w.shogay a.com/in dexe.htm l

Enso (A Circle). What is this? (Niwa) Zuigaku Renpoh 1905-1993 Soto http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/9449.html

Kobori Nanrei 19181992 Rinzai http://web .kyotoinet.or.jp/ org/jikyuan/9202.h tml

Kobori Nanrei 1918-1992 Rinzai http://web. kyotoinet.or.jp/o rg/jikyuan/9203.ht ml

Painting of a snake. Virtue of longevity (Hazama) Shoshu Sogi 1926-1994 Rinzai http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/8647.html

Kansho Mori 1899-1994 Shingon http://www.shogaya.com/indexe. html

Fukujuroku (as one character), Happiness (prosperity, longevity and wealth) Sakamoto Kojo 1875-1969 http://www.orandajin.co m/dasite/fullsize.asp?i mg=http://orandajin.littl echicken.nl/3083_kojo.j pg

Kamijo Shinzan http://kamijo.wikispaces.c om/file/view/best%20ten3Untitled1%20copy.JPG/4174948 46/best%20ten-3Untitled1%20copy.JPG

Murase Myodo b 1924 Rinzai www.trocadero.com/stores/ thekura/items/1164226/ite m1164226.html

Murase Myodo b 1924 Rinzai http://www.sarugallery.com/files/ 07023Pnor.jpg

Munakata Shiko http://www.nagaragawagarou.com/sakuhin/shikouf112.html

Munakata Shiko http://adawak.blogspot.com/2010/04/shiko-munakata-exhibition.html

Munakata Shiko http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKczMzEh4Oo/TZzi8zaLhZI/AAAAAAAAAV4/azodI2EMvwI/s1600/11223156.jpg

Kosho Shimizu http://www.ba chmannecke nstein.com/ex hibitions/2009 /images/kosh o/1975-1.jpg

Kosho Shimizu http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/exhibit ions/2009/images/kosho/1723-1.JPG

Kosho Shimizu www.nagaragawagarou.com/E009.htm

Teshigahara Sofu http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/artsvisuels26/traces_gestes/teschi.jpg

Teshigahara Sofu http://www.tooveys.co m/lots.asp?WEBLOTI D=172325&LOTID=20 4&AUCTIONID=

Seiko Kawano 1906 2001 Shingon http://www.shogaya.com/html/daia nji-seiko11.htm

Anonymous early 20th century http://www.facebook.c om/photo.php?fbid=9 8741265819&set=a.4 86774445819.290691 .98739970819&type= 3&theater

Inoue Yuichi http://search.artmus eums.go.jp/search_ e/gazou.php?sakuhi n=153039&edaban= 1

Inoue Yuichi http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/gazou.php?sakuhin=153036&edaban=1

Inoue Yuichi http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/gazou.php?sakuhin=153042&edaban=1

Death Shiryu Morita http://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/gazou.php?sakuhin=153098&edaban=1

Shotei Ibata http://pinterest.com/pin/574771971163358415/ Dancing Shotei Ibata b 1935 http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/EP2.1970/

Taigo Watanabe https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=337388826393442&set=a.106503222815338 .8348.100003669819945&type=1&theater

Ueda Sokyu http://www.shodojournal.com/calligraph er/deceased/uedasok yu.html

Ishikawa Kyuyou http://www.nagaragawa garou.com/sakuhin/kuy ou-h022.html

Nomura Seiroku 1916-1995 http://www.asianart.com/BachmannEcken stein/d13279.html

Watanabe Sawako http://gallery-g77.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/watanabe0.16110350_std.jpg

Mizuho Koyama c 2012 http://www.alternativanikkei.com. ar/actividades/agenda/event.asp ?id=941&next=week

Anonymous http://www.nadeausauction.c om/lotdetails/?lot=105522

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