七言 百花春至為誰開(Shichigon — Hyakka Haru Itatte Ta ga Tame ni Hiraku)

Year

2009

Medium

Katsura wood, gold leaf, acrylic paint

Artwork size

45 × 34.8 × 3 cm

Exhibition

28th Japan Kokuji Exhibition

A Zen phrase from the Blue Cliff Record: ‘When spring arrives, for whom do the hundred flowers bloom?’ Flowers live the life they have been given and bloom with all their strength, untouched by complaint or petty calculation. They teach us the dignity of living selflessly.