白隠慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
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秋葉山大権現 Akibasan daigongen (The Deity Akiba)
Akiba is a Shinto deity, Hakuin recommended talismanic calligraphy to ward off disaster and secure peace.

'Akibayama Daigongen'
17,5 x 91.5 cm
A mantra, the magical written incantation of the name of the Shinto-Buddhist fire God. Here is the final calligraphic style of Hakuin's last years: simple, weighty, profound, showing both brush and ink mastery.