# Calligraphy

- By: Dokushō (1617–1694)
- Date: 1617 - 1694
- Medium: paper, ink
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 0 cm x width 0 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-1783--bdef8b6d396cef761f3999a0f0d4108a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3dd43d90971a23ca1684f9bc39c50480.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

With this calligraphic inscription, Dokusho put ‘doing’ at the centre. He contended that one cannot properly understand oneself through rational analysis, but rather by directly engaging with Zen practice.