Zen Aphorism

Object Details

• Artist

  Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴 (1685-1768)

• Provenance

  To 1998

  Dr. Kurt A. Gitter and Alice Yelen, New Orleans, LA, to 1998

  From 1998

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Kurt A. Gitter and Alice Yelen in 1998

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Spreading the Word (May 18 to November 12, 2018)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Alice Yelen and Dr. Kurt Gitter

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Gitter, Alice Yelen and Dr. Kurt

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Zen Buddhism, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)