# Skull

- By: Yamaoka Tesshū (1836–1888)
- Date: 1836 - 1888
- Medium: paper, ink
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 125.5 cm x width 62.6 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift F. Hess, 2018)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1782--577edca774df6ec1a133bfdd8e2e198e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/30ee11e48b82210185ae368dd808107d.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This work by the Zen master Tesshu bursts with energy. The inscription bears witness to his motto ‘live completely, die completely’: ‘Who knows where a human face ends? This is an old friend, lying under peach blossoms, smiling at the spring wind.