SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF KŪKAI Muromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th centuryProperty from the collection of a Distinguished Scholar of Japanese artSCENES FROM THE LIFE OF KŪKAIMuromachi period (1333-1573), 15th/16th centuryA handscroll entitled Kōya Daishi Gyōjō Zuga Dai-yon (The Life and Acts of the Great Master from Kōya, Volume 4), referring to the monk Kūkai (774-835), a Japanese Buddhist priest who founded the esoteric Buddhist sect Shingon, the present lot containing eight calligraphic passages and eight illustrations of various lengths in ink, color, and cut gold foil on twenty joined sheets of paper, each illustration containing Kūkai in situations, including with other priests and monks, with nobility, with Buddhist deities, and with horses, in both architectural and landscape settings, inscribed at the end tame Engetsu Seiun Bodai, most likely referring to the person whom this scroll was dedicatedWith a wood storage box 12 1/2 x 367 1/4in (31.75 x 932.8cm) approxNone