”How old are you, dear Moon? Thirteen, seven?"
"Hotei painting at the moon"
by Sengai
Image courtesy of Mio Ebisu
”Eat this and have a cup of tea"
"Circle"
by Sengai
"If a man becomes a Buddha by practicing zazen
[a frog though I am, I should have been one long ago]"
"Meditating Frog"
by Sengai
Translation by (p70, "Zen Master Sengai", edited by K. Epprecht, Verlag Schneidegger & Spiess AG, Zurich, 2014)
Image courtesy of Mio Ebisu
"Puppy"
by Sengai
This is the most famous art work by Sengai as well as most difficult to understand the meaning. There are many explanation of what this painting is about, but we still haven't known the answer.
"Circle, Triangle, and Square"
by Sengai
All Translation of works by Sengai from (p48, p93,p70, p89 "Zen Master Sengai", edited by K. Epprecht, published by Verlag Schneidegger & Spiess AG, Zurich, 2014)
All Images courtesy of Mio Ebisu