Ryûun Keisen 龍雲慧潜 Japan, early 20th c. 124,4 x 28,9 cm Iron club (kanabo) and three characters. Sign. Ryūun and sealed Ryūun and Keisen, the third seal top right unread. Ink on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll. Wooden box. Assembled from an old German private collection since the 1950s - Ryûun Keisen was the 77th generation abbot of the Rinzai temple Iiyama Hôfukuji in Soja, Okayama prefecture

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