- Technique: Woodblock print. Ukiyo-e - Condition: Some worm-eaten marks are visible. - Era: Hōreki 5 [1755] - Drawing: Yasukuni Tachibana Thank you for looking. This is a gem for those interested in Edo period antiques and fine art (antique雑貨) or Chinese fine art, or those who like hanging scrolls. It is in a wooden frame with an acrylic surface, B5 size. Bukan (Bukan, Hokan, birth and death dates unknown) is a Zen monk of the Tang Dynasty in China [2][3]. He is also called Zen Master Bukan, and together with Kanzan and Jittoku, they are called the Three Sages [2][3]. Little is known about his birthplace or origin[2]. He was a eccentric monk at Guoqing Temple on Mount Tiantai, and it is said that he wore his hair in a topknot, plucked his eyebrows, and wore a fur-lined robe (rags)[2]. When asked about Buddhist doctrine, he always answered "anytime" [2] Toyo Kan once entered the gate riding a tiger and humming a dōka, and the figure of Toyo Kan riding a tiger was also depicted in paintings [2] In the kitchen of Seikoji Temple, there were two eccentric individuals named Kanzan and Jittoku. They would talk to each other all day while tending to the stove, but because no one could understand what they were talking about, they were called "Fukyo-shi" (eccentric madmen) [2]. However, only Hōkan understood the two, so the two were attached to Hōkan [2] It is said that Toyo Kan told a person named Reikyuin that Kanzan and Jittoku, who were washing dishes and tending to the stove at Kokusei-ji Temple, were the Bodhisattvas Monju and Fugen [2]. (From Wikipedia)