{"product_id":"shp423-shikishi-print-of-kurauchi-shodo-倉內松堂","title":"SHP423 - Shikishi Print of Kurauchi Shōdō 倉內松堂","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Japanese shikishi calligraphy print by the distinguished Rinzai Zen monk Kurauchi Shōdō (倉內松堂, 1905–1991), former Chief Abbot (Kanchō) of the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central inscription reads:\u003cbr\u003e“A pure breeze enters the heart.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Zen thought, the phrase evokes the feeling of a clear breeze passing freely through the mind, washing away attachment, agitation, and unnecessary thoughts. “Let the fresh breeze enter the heart and leave the mind clear and unburdened.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe phrase expresses clarity, inner freedom, calmness, and openness — a state in which the mind receives the world naturally, without clinging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKurauchi Shōdō (1905–1991), Dharma name Shōdō Daikan, was an important 20th-century Rinzai Zen master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Aichi Prefecture in 1905, he was ordained as a monk in childhood and later studied Buddhist philosophy at Otani University. After graduating in 1930, he entered rigorous Zen training at Nanzen-ji in Kyoto, eventually completing around 13 years of intensive monastic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe later became closely associated with Rinzai-ji in Shizuoka, where he established and guided a Zen training monastery and served for decades as shike, the senior Zen master responsible for training monks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1986, he was appointed Chief Abbot of the Myōshin-ji school, one of the largest and most influential branches of Rinzai Zen in Japan. He retired in 1990 and passed away the following year, in 1991.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 24 x 27cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Kyo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59226333872459,"sku":"SHP423","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/9746\/7723\/files\/Cover_69ffdf83-a6c9-4336-81af-69e1840497c6.jpg?v=1794410684","url":"https:\/\/maisonkyo.be\/de\/products\/shp423-shikishi-print-of-kurauchi-shodo-%e5%80%89%e5%85%a7%e6%9d%be%e5%a0%82","provider":"Maison Kyo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}