Sunday, June 7, 2015

Obaku Monks' Calligraphy and Painting Collection at Yongfu Monastery 永福寺

Donggao Xinyue Calligraphy in Ven. Yuezhen's Tea room, photo by Jiang Wu
Ven. Yuezhen 月真 at Yongfu Monastery is a thoughtful person. He does not want to spend money on building splendid temple halls. Rather he would like to build the best collection of Obaku monk's calligraphy and painting, especially Donggao Xingyue's. He told me that so far he has collected about 170 pieces through auctions and other means.
Muan's calligraphy in Yongfu Monastery, photo by Jiang WU
Few years ago, in 2012, he held an exhibition of his collection (at that time only about 70 pieces) at Zhejiang Fine Arts Museum in Hangzhou. The content of the exhibition has been published as well.

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Exhibition poster
Publication from Exhibition of Obaku monks in Japan, photo by Jiang Wu


Table of content, photo by Jiang Wu








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