Lot 79: HAKUIN EKAKU 白隠慧鶴 (1685-1768) HOTEI Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th centur

HAKUIN EKAKU 白隠慧鶴 (1685-1768) HOTEI Edo period (1615-1868), mid-18th century Kakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting a smiling Hotei, his sack in his left hand and a lotus flower in his right, with an inscription to the left; wood jiku (roller ends) With seals at top right Rinzai Seishū 臨済正宗 (The true Rinzai line) and at left Hakuin 白隠 and Ekaku no in 慧鶴之印 (seal of Ekaku) Inscribed O-tennō no matsuri ja hayase kodomo waiwai to hayase お天皇のまつりじゃはやせ子どもワひワひとはやせ (It’s the Heaven King Festival - sing and dance, children, don’t hold back, sing and dance) With wood tomobako (storage box) inscribed outside Hakuin zenji Hotei oshō gasan O-tennō no 白隠禅師布袋和尚画讃 お天王の (The priest Hotei painted and inscribed by Zen master Hakuin, the Heaven King) Overall: 132 x 70.5cm (52 x 27 3/8in.) Image: 52.9 x 34.5cm (20 7/8 x 13 5/8in.) (2).