The artist, Musui Dohno

The sumi-e artist Dohno Musui. He specializes is sumi-e, ink paintings, of Hotei (Hotei, often call the god of good fortune or luck).

I met Musuisan at the Unryuin temple in Kyoto.

This is a picture of him signing a catalog of his works for me.

Musuisan's web site: www.musui.com/