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Thank you in advance for any information on this piece...

I am trying to confirm that this is from the late Arch Bishop Nitten Ishida. As aquired, it had writen in pen Nitten Ishida on the back of the matte. I was able to find one image of Ishida's calligraphy works and the chop looks the same, but it was a small picture, so hope someone can confirm.

Also, I really want to know what the calligraphy means.. I understand Ishida was a master calligrapher for 60 years and I am excited to know more..

It is stamped Japan on the back, he came to the us in 1931, so assume it is pretty old..


Thank you again

The calligraphy is the character 忍 , meaning to endure. The characters in the seal indeed read Nitten, but I don't know ishida's work so can't advise if this is genuine, a reproduction, or otherwise

Thank you so much for your help... I love its flowing nature, and now I like it even more knowig its meaning..

Sorry I can't help you with authenticating the seal as I have no reference to make a comparison. Google was no help.

The character is one often written by people like your archbishop. In Japanese is it pronounced 'Nin' and means Endurance.

The character in formal form is 忍. The upper part of the character 刃 means the edge of a blade, and the lower part 心 means both 'heart' and 'mind'.

The writing is very powerful.

Excellent! thank you so much for the information.. amazing knowledge

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