The Roots of Mindfulness: Hakuin Ekaku and the Art of Zen

Sano Yasunori, priest at Horinji, standing in front of a giant portrait of Bodhidharma (Daruma). (Photo by the author.)

A Daruma image by Hakuin Ekaku, eighteenth century, Manjuji, Oita.

Rahula, from a set of the seated eighteen arhats by Fan Daosheng (Han Dosei), dated 1664, Manpukuji, Kyoto.

Portrait of Linji Yixuan attributed to Soga Jasoku with inscription by Ikkyū Sōjun, Important Cultural Property, fifteenth century, Shinjuan, Kyoto.

Dragons and Tigers (left panel) by Kano Sanraku, Important Cultural Property, seventeenth century, Myōshinji, Kyoto.

Dragons and Tigers (right panel) by Kano Sanraku, Important Cultural Property, seventeenth century, Myōshinji, Kyoto.

Tigers (from a set of panel paintings for the abbot’s chamber at Nanzenji) by Kano Tan’yu, Important Cultural Property, seventeenth century, Nanzenji, Kyoto.