Sengai
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ayō, Entsū Zenji, Sengai Gibon, Muhōsai, Kyohaku, Gibon Sengai, Gibon, Hakata Sengai
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- Born
- 1751
- Died
- 1837
- Works
- 16
Top works
- 禅の世界と仙厓展
- 仙厓と禅の世界
- Sengai
- 仙厓名品選
- Sengai bokuseki
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Mino
- Place of death
- Fukuoka
- Occupation
- calligrapher
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Work location
- Kansai region
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- date of birth
- 1750-01-01
- date of death
- 1837-01-01
- name in native language
- 仙厓義梵
- Commons category
- Sengai Gibon
- has works in the collection
- Idemitsu Museum of Arts
- name in kana
- せんがい ぎぼん
- pseudonym
- Gibon Sengai
- Commons Creator page
- Sengai Gibon
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was a Japanese monk of the Rinzai school (one of three main schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan, the others being the Sōtō school and the much smaller Ōbaku school). He was known for his controversial teachings and writings, as well as for his lighthearted sumi-e paintings. After spending half of his life in Nagata near Yokohama, he secluded himself in Shōfuku-ji in Fukuoka, the first Zen temple in Japan, where he spent the rest of his life.
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