# Gedicht

- By: Hakugan (1634–1673)
- Date: 1657
- 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-1790--4357a758c90fe1396dd4d68fc8e84ddc)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/4c6a25fdab138b7db7747c64c821a7b3.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This poem questions the relationship between humankind and the cosmos. The Chinese Zen monk Hakugan gazed at the night sky and wondered whether or not the alignment of the Great Bear in the constellation of stars would bring him good fortune.