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山本玄峰 Yamamoto Genpō (1866-1961)

Dharma name: 玄峰宜雄 Genpō Giyū

Gempō Yamamoto (山本玄峰 Yamamoto Genpō, 1866-1961) was the abbot of both Ryūtaku-ji and Shoin-ji in Japan—also serving temporarily as the head of the Myōshin-ji branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. A renowned Japanese calligrapher, Yamamoto was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest who followed in the footsteps of the famous Master Hakuin Ekaku. According to the book Zen and the Art of Calligraphy, Yamamoto is sometimes called the "twentieth century Hakuin." Like so many prolific Zen masters throughout the ages, Yamamoto had no formal education. By today's standards Gempō would be deemed legally blind, and it was not until later in life that he was able to write and read. At the age of 25 he became ordained as a monk, travelling during this period to various temples throughout Japan. Yamamoto is probably most remembered for his many zenga paintings, which can be found hanging at Ryūtaku-ji today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemp%C5%8D_Yamamoto
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E7%8E%84%E5%B3%B0

PDF: The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen, Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters
Eds. Audrey Yoshiko Seo with Stephen Addiss. Boston and London, 1988

 

Yamamoto's Dharma Lineage

白隱慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
峨山慈棹 Gasan Jitō (1727-1797)
卓洲胡僊 Takujū Kosen (1760-1833)
蘇山玄喬 Sosan Genkyō (1798-1868)
伽山全楞 Kasan Zenryō (1824-1893)
宗般玄芳 Sōhan Genhō (1848-1922)
玄峰宜雄 Genpō Giyū (山本 Yamamoto, 1865-1961)
宋淵玄珠 Sōen Genju (中川 Nakagawa, 1907-1984)
島野榮道 Shimano Eidō [Sotai] (1932-2018)

寿　八十八翁　般若 Longevity. 88 years old. Han'nya. 36 × 68.8 cm
Inscription and stamps by 山本玄峰 Yamamoto Genpō
Pen name: 般若窟 Han'nya-kutsu.

Dharma transmission from Genho Sohan, Enpuku-ji. He had trouble with his eyes in his youth and so made a pilgrimage round the 88 Buddhist temples in Shikoku 7 times. On the way, he was saved by Taigen in Sekkei-ji and was ordained as a Rinzai Zen monk at the age of 25. He became the abbot of Ryutaku-ji in 1916. He made an effort to reconstruct Shoju-an Iiyama, Shoin-ji Hara and Zuisen-ji monastery. He founded Ryutaku-ji monastery in 1941 and was selected to become the chief abbot of Myoshin-ji in 1947. He retired and handed over to Soen Nakagawa in 1951.

禅板 zenpan
Chin rest
Inscription and stamps by 山本玄峰 Yamamoto Genpō


雪月花 setsugekka
"snow, moon, and flowers" (beauty of the four seasons)
50 × 8 × 0.6 cm