Sokuhi Nyoitsu

Sokuhi Nyoitsu

1616 1671

Chinese calligrapher (1616–1671)

Sokuhi Nyoitsu was a Buddhist monk of the Ōbaku Zen sect, and was also an accomplished poet and calligrapher. His teacher Ingen Ryūki, Mokuan Shōtō and Sokuhi were together known as the "Three Brushes of Ōbaku" or Ōbaku no Sanpitsu.

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