Calligraphy of 2 Seven-character Lines

Sekiten Dōrin (?-1825) was a Zen monk of the Sōtō sect of Zen in the late Edo period. He was succeeded to the Dharma of Banjin Dōtan. He was the 24th resident priest of Kōzanji Temple in Nagato, and so on. His signature “Kinzan” is the mountain name of Kōzanji Temple.

This Calligraphy excerpts from the phrase that Wuzu Fayan (Goso Hōen) showed to his disciples in response to the Kōan (a kind of test to be imposed on a Zen practitioner in order to refine his or her mind,) “三聖透網金鱗” in the “Goso Hōen Zenji Goroku.”