Skip to the content
VALÉORINE London
AuthorDeveloped article

Musō Soseki

Musō Soseki was born in 1275. ”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises” is dated early to mid-14th century and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soseki died on 20 October 1351. Musō Soseki was recorded with the gender male.

Also recorded as Moso Soseki · Soseki Musō · Muso Soseki · Musou Soseki

Read the articleReferencesBrowse the field
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”, early to mid-14th century, by Musō Soseki

Musō Soseki · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018 · Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access)

Biography

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Musō Soseki (3 objects).)

Musō Soseki died on 20 October 1351.

Musō Soseki is recorded with the gender male.

Musō Soseki was born in 1275 at Ise Province.

Musō Soseki is recorded as politician, poet, teacher, philosopher and calligrapher.

Musō Soseki is associated with Literature of the Five Mountains.

Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation politician.

Occupation:2: Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation poet.

Occupation:3: Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation teacher.

Occupation:4: Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation philosopher.

Occupation:5: Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation calligrapher.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this name.

The authorities additionally record the headings Moso Soseki, Soseki Musō, Muso Soseki, Musou Soseki and Musō Kokushi. His recorded language was Japanese. His recorded confession was Rinzai school.

He was the child of Sasaki Asatsuna. Other recorded relations include Shun'oku Myōha.

Musō Soseki is recorded with the occupation calligrapher. Recorded with the occupation philosopher. Recorded with the occupation politician. Recorded with the occupation teacher. Recorded with the occupation poet.

Musō Soseki is recorded as politician, poet, teacher, philosopher and calligrapher.

Catalogued output

Works

Their recorded dates run from 1339 to 1364.

Letter to Suwa Daishin, Officer of the Shogun, dated ca.

  • Poem on the Theme of Snow

    1364 · Metropolitan Museum of Art. 天龍開山夢牕正覺心宗普濟國師年譜. 七朝國師夢中問答. 夢窓国師語錄. 夢窓正覺心宗普濟國師語錄. 夢中問答集. 夢窓国師遺芳

  • Musō

  • Dialogues in a dream. ”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”, dated early to mid-14th century, hanging scroll; ink on paper

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • 1339–51, hanging scroll; ink on paper

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1275–1351

  1. 1275

    Life

    Musō Soseki born at Ise Province.

  2. 1339

    Institution

    Letter to Suwa Daishin, Officer of the Shogun is dated ca. 1339–51 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  3. 1351

    Life

    Musō Soseki died at Rinsen-ji Temple.

The full dated record · 3 entries

  1. 1275

    Musō Soseki born at Ise Province.

  2. 1339

    Letter to Suwa Daishin, Officer of the Shogun is dated ca. 1339–51 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  3. 1351

    Musō Soseki died at Rinsen-ji Temple.

Named by the record

Places

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Musō Soseki was born at Ise Province.

    Birthplace

  • Musō Soseki died at Rinsen-ji Temple.

    Deathplace

  • Ise Province

    Birth place

  • Rinsen-ji Temple

    Death place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Musō Soseki is associated with Literature of the Five Mountains.

scholarly publication

reference work

authority file

Literature

Bibliography

Musō Soseki in Muchū mondōshū, Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, 2019. 29 Musō Soseki: Dialogues in a Dream (1344), Buddhist Asia, 2025. Beneath the Ice: Musō Soseki and the Waka Tradition, Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, 2019. Changing Agendas at Musō Soseki’s Tenryūji, Not Seeing Snow: Musō Soseki and Medieval Japanese Zen, 2019.

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.

Knowledge graph

People, houses and institutions

Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.

Associated with

1

Held on the record

Further particulars

Open the remaining particulars

Those registers additionally record the forms Bokutotsusō, Soseki, 夢窻疎石, Quốc su ́Mông Soń, Musō Kokushi, 夢窓疎石, 夢窓国師疎石 and 夢窓踈石.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Books

32,093 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Best supported in this field

Read the complete books index

For owners

Own a work by Musō Soseki?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Request a valuationHow selling works