monk / Sengai Gibon

Sengai Gibon (仙厓 義梵 / 1750 - 1837) was a Japanese monk of the Rinzai (臨済宗).

Though the Rinzai sect is particularly known for its hard-to-understand teachings, Sengai tried to make them accessible to the public. He left many interesting and lovely sumi-e paintings.

Of course, I have never met him. Imagined his face and drew it.

According to his biography,

On his last moment, he muttered "I don't want to die ( しにとうない )"

His pupils had been surprised and asked "What does it mean? ".
( It seems that it was unusual that the Buddhist monk who had high position say such a thing.)

Sengai had answered " Really, really (ほんまにほんまに)"

Friends

A dog and a cat and me.

I can make friends with dogs and cats at once.

The dog which I kept in old days.

Neighboring wild cat.

Who interfere with her sleep?

Atchoo!!

Back

the bag named "me"

 I feel, it seems that a human being is in the bag named "me". 

Nobody can get out of the bag.

Nobody can come in other bags.

Moreover, it is impossible to understand other bag (person), perfectly.

If we could do it, our life would be so easy.

When we came from heaven(When we were born), maybe, the god said to us "learn your life!"

long eyes

Closing her eyes

Why their hair style are so big?

Why their hair style are so big?

I don't know...

Green kimono

jumping up in the air! / Remember that smile.

jumping up in the air!

"You want to do it again? "

Remember that smile.