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Calligraphy of a Chinese Poem

Late 17th century
Dokuryū Ōbaku (Chinese, 1596–1672)
Öbaku Dokuryü was a noted calligrapher and poet in his native China before he emigrated to Japan in 1653 to join the Öbaku Zen temple Mampuki-ji, near Kyoto, Japan. His elegant and flowing calligraphy style strongly influenced his Japanese literati contemporaries.

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