Shuntaku, the head monk chose three characters meaning wholeness (en), awakening through study (kaku) and room (rin) for this calligraphy. This scroll would have been hung in a room where monks gathered to study whether individually with books as in a library or to follow a lecture.
Monk Shuntaku, Soko
(1613-1694)
Shuntaku, Soko was the 201st chief priest of Daitokuji-temple in Kyoto.
