Jiun Onko (1718 - 1804)Daruma: “I do not know”Ink on paper, 25 x 104.5 cmWith the artist’s sealsProvenance:Tohara Ideo collection, OsakaExhibitions:“Schrift und Bild”, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 1963This painting represents the first Zen patriarch, often referred to as Daruma in Japanese, but more properly called by his Sanskrit name Bodhidharma. He is believed to have been moved from India to China in the fifth and sixth century and there, through meditation, finally came to understand the Buddhist law (dharma). This is why...