The Priest of the Ink Brush In the quietude of the sixteenth century, a man known as Kogetsu Shūrin moved through the spiritual and artistic landscapes of Japan. He was a Zen priest, a man whose life was shaped by the disciplined rhythms of monastic devotion and the silent contemplation required by his calling. Hailing from the southern reaches of Satsuma, in what is now the Kagoshima Prefecture, his origins lay far from the bustling centers of political power, yet his brush would eventually reach the halls of great museums. His very name, which translates to a sense of a lonesome moon circli…