Nishigaki Sōkō (1908-1985)

Hanging scroll with the single character "Mu" 無 (Nothing), which refers to the emptiness of all things written by Nishigaki Sōkō 西垣宗興 (1908-1985). Nishigaki was born in Gifu prefecture in 1908. He entered monastic life first at Shinju-an, Daitoku-ji that is the famous subtemple of Zen-eccentric Ikkyū Sōjun (1394-1481). Later he became abbot of Daitoku-ji's affiliated temple Gokuraku-ji in Kinosaki, Hyōgo prefecture.