12/31/2013

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Introducing Places, People and Things Japanese


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Daruma Museum Latest Additions


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...................................... Fellow Pilgrims


. DARUMA - Artists, People - LIST .

. Samurai, saints, more artists - LIST


. Temples, Shrines and sacred places - MAIN LIST .

. Museums, Collections, Exhibitions .

. Various Topics - LIST .


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.............................................. Festivals


Ceremonies and Festivals of Japan : SAIJIKI


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12/29/2012

- Daruma Artists - MAIN LIST

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People, Persons featured in the
Daruma Museum - Daruma Art and Artists





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Asti, Sergio and his Daruma Design (Sergio Asti)
セルジョ・アスティ. Italian Design


Basho and Haiku 松尾芭蕉の俳句 Matsuo Basho (Matsuo Bashoo)
..... Basho Daruma ! 芭蕉 だるま ... ... Illustrations

Bull, David Bull Woodblock Printmaker

Bunsen, Woodblock Master ... around 1831

Busen sensei - Paintings Gallery


Busshi 仏師 ... - Buddhist sculptors Gallery


Darumagama だるま窯 Daruma Kiln and Maruyama Kenichi 丸山憲一 


Enku 円空 <> Master Carver Enku san

Eric Royal, Artist

Escher and Daruma <> The illusions of M.C.Escher



Fukuda Kodoojin 福田古道人 Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944)
Painter and Haiku Poet

Fukuda, Prime Minister Fukuda福田首相 as a rice cracker character



Gyoki Bosatsu Gyooki 行基菩薩

Gyuumei san 牛鳴さんのだるま <> Paintings of Mr. Gyumei


Hakuin Ekaku ... 白隠 慧鶴 Hakuin Zenji

Hamada Shooji 浜田庄司 <> Mashiko Potter and Mingei
..... More Darumasan-Japan.. the story continues

Helen Hyde and Daruma Prints (Hanga 版画)

Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Hoonen Shoonin and Pure Land Buddhism法然上人.
Honen Shonin, Saint Honen

Hoshino, Rachel Hoshino, Brazil

Inoue Hisashi  井上久 and Japanese Humanism


Issa and Daruma Haiku Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶とだるまの俳画

Ito Jakuchu 伊藤若冲 Painter. (1716-1800)


Kaneda Sekijo 金田石城 Kaneda Sekijoo Calligrapher

Kanzan and Jittoku 寒山と拾得 (Han Shan and Shi-De)

Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 . Samurai and Daruma Kite from Kagawa

Kawai Toshiaki 河合豊彰 and Origami Daruma 折り紙

Kawanabe Kyosai (Kawanabe Gyoosai, Kyoosai) 河鍋暁斎.
Painter, (1831-1889)

Kawasaki Kyosen 川崎巨泉(1877-1942)
... 5000 Sketches of Japanese Folk Art

Kitagawa Utamaro .. 喜多川歌麿(1753~1806年)

Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Koyasan 高野山

Kobori Enshuu 小堀遠州 Garden Designer

Konoe Nobutada 近衛信尹 Painter. (1565 - 1614)

Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ...歌川国芳 ... (1797 - April 14, 1861). Woodblock print

Kuya Shonin 空也上人 Kuuya Shoonin, Saint Kuya



Laurence of Arabia ... Dubai Dolls

Lafcadio Hearn 小泉八雲とだるま
Lafcardio Hearn, Koizumi Yakumo (Yagumo)


. Maekawa Senpan 前川千帆 . Woodblockprints

Mamiya Eiju (1871-1945) Painter

Maririn マリリンモンロー Marilyn Monroe

McFarland Yoshiko Artist

Mizuki Shigeru 水木 しげる and Gegege ゲゲゲ monsters

Mito Komon, Koomon 水戸黄門 Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川 光圀

Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi and Daruma

Mori Family of Sculptors - Mori Chookoku Sho 森彫刻所

Munakata Shiko 棟方志功 (1903 - 1975) woodblock artist


Nagai Yasuo 永井康夫 Laquer Tableware

Nagarjuna 龍樹 Ryuuju and the Middle Way

Naito Meisetsu 内藤鳴雪 Haiku Poet. (1847 - 1926)

Nantenboo 南天坊 Zen Priest and his Paintings

Niko Shodou
Callilgrapher from Hungary


Ono Katsuhiko (Oono Katsuhiko) 大野勝彦 A painter without hands

Oribe, Furuta Oribe 古田織部 Potter (1544 -1615).


. People and Pilgrims .


Rikyu, Sen no Rikyu  千利休  and the tea ceremony

Ryokan san 良寛さん (Ryookan) Tamashima Daruma 玉島だるま



Sabieru ザビエル Saint Francis Xavier, 聖ザビエル

Saigyoo Hooshi (西行法師) and the Cherry Blossoms The Poet Saigyo

Sakamoto Ryoma 坂本竜馬 (Ryooma)

Sanada Yukimura 真田幸村 and Shogun Daruma 武将達磨
. . . . . Sanada himo 真田紐 Sanada-himo ribbon or cord

Santooka 種田山頭火 Taneda Santoka, Poet
..... Shinjin Datsuraku and the Begging Bowl

Sengai Gibon せんがい 仙厓義梵 <> Sengai and Zen and a Frog

Shibata, Kyoko Shibata 柴田恭子 Gallery of handmade dolls

Shimizu Seifu (Seifuu) 清水清風 (1851 - 1913) Woodblock prints of Toys

Shogun Daruma (Shoogun Daruma) 武将達磨
Sanada Yukimura 真田幸村, Naoe Kanetsugu 直江兼続
Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 

Shotoku Taishi and Daruma (Shootoku Daishi) 聖徳太子とだるま

Sokrates meets Daruma



Tada Toshiko 多田敏子 Potter from Ishikawa

Tagami Kikusha 田上菊舎 Haiku poet and painter. (1753 - 1826)

Taisen Deshimaru Zen teacher in France

Takamatsu Toshitsugu 高松寿嗣 Master of Martial Arts

Tanaka Iichiro 田中偉一郎 Drop-eyed Daruma. Artwork

Tanchu Terayama and Zen Calligraphy: Hitsuzendo

Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康

Tsuchiya Koitsu 土屋こういつ <> Woodblock Prints

Utagawa Shigenobu 歌川重宣(Hiroshige II 二代歌川広重)


Yamamoto Kansuke 山本勘助だるま鈴 Samurai

Yokoyama Taikan 横山大観 (1868 - 1958)


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More people featured in the Daruma Museum

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Artists, saints, samurai . . .


. Japanese Haiku Poets .


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- Fellow Pilgrims - LIST

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Fellow Pilgrims - LIST

Artists, saints, samurai . . .






Abe no Seimei 阿倍晴明 (921 - 1002) Onmyooji, Onmyo 陰陽師

Antoku Tenno 安徳天皇 and Senteisai Festisval 先帝祭


. Artists of Daruma Art - LIST .



Basho and Haiku 松尾芭蕉の俳句 Matsuo Basho (Matsuo Bashoo)

Big Spenders, the 18 Playboys of Edo (juuhachi daitsuu) 十八大通

Binzuru, the Arhat 賓頭盧, びんずる、びんづる ビンヅル

Bukan 豊干 Feng-Kan Chinese Zen Monk

Busshi 仏師 ... Buddhist sculptors

Butsugai Fusen 物外不遷 1795~1867. Takeda Genkotsu Motsugi.
Painter, Haiku Poet, Martial Arts Teacher ...


Chisho Daishi Enchin 智證大師 圓珍 (814 - 891)

Chuang-tzu, Zhuangzi 荘子 / 莊周 Sooshi, Sooji Chinese philosopher

Choogen 重源 Priest Chogen (1121–1206)

Confucius, a Chinese Scholar Kooshi, Koshi 孔子


Date Masamune 伊達政宗 (1567 - 1636)


Echigoya Merchant 越後屋 and Mitsui 三井

Ekin 絵金 Hirose Kinzo 弘瀬金蔵 Painter of bloody sceenes
Tosa, Akaoka 土佐 赤岡町

Enami Nobukuni 江南信國 (1859-1929) T. ENAMI, photographer

Enku 円空 Master Carver

Ennin, Jikaku Daishi ... 円仁 。慈覚大師仁円 

En no Gyoja 役行者、E no Ozunu 小角

Escher, M.C. Escher (1898 - 1972)


Five Hundred Arhats Gohyaku Rakan 五百羅漢

Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家

Fukuda Kodoojin 福田古道人 Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944)
Painter and Haiku Poet

Fuugai Shoonin 風外上人 Saint Fugai 1568-1654


Ganjin 鑒真 or 鑑真

Genroku Period Haikai Poets ... Introduction 元禄

Gyoki Bosatsu Gyooki 行基菩薩

Gyuumei 牛鳴 Paintings by Gyumei san


Haiku Poets of Japan ... an introduction


Hakuin Ekaku ... 白隠 慧鶴 Hakuin Zenji

Hakurakuren 白楽天, Haku Kyoi 白居易 (772 - 846) Chinese poet

Hearn, Lafcadio Koizumi Yakumo 小泉八雲 

Hermits and recluses

Higashiyama Kaii 東山魁夷 (1908-1999)

Hiraga Gennai 平賀源内  (1728 - 1780) doctor, painter, potter, inventor

Hirayama Ikuo 平山郁夫 (1930 - 2009)

Hiroshige, Utagawa, Ando Hiroshige 歌川広重 / 安藤広重 (1797-1858)

Hokusai - 葛飾北斎 Woodblock Print Artist

Honen Shoonin and Pure Land Buddhism .. 法然上人


Ikkyu Sojun 一休宗純 (1394-1481) Zen priest

Ippen shoonin 一遍上人 Priest Ippen
and the weepeing willow tree 遊行柳

Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成 1560 - November 6, 1600. Samurai

Issa, a Haiku Master 小林一茶と達磨俳句
. . . . . Three treasures of Haiku and ISSA



Kakuban and The Legend of Kirimomi Fudo ... 覚鑁[1095~1143]

Kano Eitoku 狩野 永徳(1543 - 1590)
Kano Kazunobu 狩野 一信 (1816 - 1863)

Kanzan and Jittoku 寒山拾得 Hanshan and Shide

Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 (1562 - 1611) Samurai

Kawanabe Kyosai (Kawanabe Gyoosai, Kyoosai)
河鍋暁斎. Painter, (1831-1889)

Kawasaki Kyosen 川崎巨泉(1877-1942)
... 5000 Sketches of Japanese Folk Art

Keene, Donald Keene

Kentooshi 遣唐使 Japanese Envoys to China

Kerr, Alex Kerr and the house Chiiori 篪庵 Shikoku

Kinoshita Mariko 木下真理子
and Chinese calligrapher Ouyang Xun 欧陽詢 (557–641)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿(1753~1806年)

Kobori Enshuu 小堀遠州, Garden Designer

Koizumi Junsaku 小泉淳作 (1924 – January 9, 2012)

Komyo Kogo (Koomyoo Koogoo 光明皇后 ) Empress
法華寺 (Hokkedera) Nara

Korean Ambassadors to Edo Choosen Tsuushin Shi .. 朝鮮通信使

Kukai, Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 空海 (Kuukai, Kooboo Daishi)
..... Omokaru Daishi, Heavy-light Daishi おもかる大師


Kumagai Morikazu 熊谷守一 Painter (1880―1977)

Kumarajiva, the Translator  鳩摩羅什

Kunisada Chuuji (国定 忠治) (1810-1851) Kunisada Chuji
a Robin Hood of Japan

Kuniyoshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi ...歌川国芳 (1797 - April 14, 1861). Woodblocks

Kuya Shonin Kuuya Shoonin, Saint Kuya 空也上人


Li Po, Li Bo (Ri Haku 李白) Li T'ai-po, Chinese poet


Masakado and Kuyoo Mon ... 九曜紋 ...Nine Stars Crest
... and Taira no Masakado 平将門

Maya Bunin 摩耶夫人 Maya Fujin, Queen Maya, Mother of Buddha

Minamoto no Yoshinaka and Tomoe Gozen 源義仲 /巴御前
 (Heike Monogatari)

Miyazawa Kenji Miyazawa ... 宮沢賢治 (1896 - 1933)

Muso Soseki (夢窓疎石) (1275 - 1351) Muso Kokushi 夢窓国師
(Musoo Kokushi) -Zen priest and gardener, the ZUIKI festival

Myoe Shonin 明恵上人 Saint Myooe, Myo-E (1173-1232)



Nagarjuna 龍樹 Ryuuju and the Middle Way

Nantenboo 南天坊 Zen Priest

Naoe Kanetsugu 直江兼続公

Natori Shunsen 名取春仙 1886 - 1960. Hanga artist.
and Ogiwara Seisensui 荻原井泉水


Nichiren 日蓮上人 Priest

Ninja 忍者 spies of the Edo period

Nishimura Kocho (Nishimura Koochoo) 西村公朝 Master Carver


Ogata Gekkoo 尾形月耕 Ogata Gekko Painter (1859-1920)

Ogawa Haritsu 小川破笠 Haiku Poet and Artist. (1663~1747)

Ogura Yuki, Painter. 小倉遊亀 [1895~2000]

Ono Kazuhiko (Oono Kazuhiko) 大野勝彦 A painter without hands

Ono no Takamura 小野篁 (802 - 852)

Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢 (557–641) Calligrapher, China


. POETS ... Haiku Poets from Japan  


Raku Kichizaemon XV 樂 吉左衛門 Potter of the Raku tradition

Rokujo no Miyasudokoro 六条御息所 Lady Rokujo and Genji

Rooben 良弁僧正 Priest Roben Sojo (689 - 773)

Ryokan san, 良寛さん Ryookan


Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (Saichoo, Dengyoo Daishi)

Saigyo Hooshi (西行法師) and the Cherry Blossoms

Saito Betto Sanemori 斎藤別当実盛 Saitoo Bettoo Sanemori (? - 1183)

Sakamoto Royma (Ryuma) 坂本龍馬 (1836 - 1867). Ryomaden 竜馬伝

Seckel, Dietrich Seckel Professor für Ostasiatische Kunstsgeschichte

Sen Sotan 千宗旦 Tea Master (1578-1658)
.....Sotangitsune 宗旦狐 Sotan Kitsune

Sengai Gibon せんがい 仙厓義梵 <> Sengai,Zen and the Frog

Sennin 仙人 ... Mountain Hermite and Recluses


Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 active 1794-95 woodblock artist

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1806 - 1891) painter, artist

Shieh, Wilson Shieh, temporary painter Hongkong

Shinran Shonin 親鸞 Saint Shinran (1173 - 1263). Hoonko kigo

Shokado Shojo 松花堂昭乗 (Shookadoo Shoojoo
and the Shokado Bento 松花堂弁当

Shoki the Demon Queller  鍾馗 (しょうき shooki)

Shunmyo Masuno, Zen Garden Master 禅庭氏 増野


Soga Kyoodai 曽我兄弟 The Revenge Story of the Soga Brothers
and Tora Gozen 虎御前 Lady Tora

Son Goku 孫悟空 the Monkey King Sun Wukong
and the monk Xuanzang / Sanzohoshi


Suzuki Chokichi 鈴木長吉 (Chookichi) 1848 - 1919. Metal Craftsman


Tagai Kansho (Tagai Kanshoo 互井観章) "Mr Happiness" / ハピネス観章 the rapping monk of temple Kyo-O-Ji 経王寺, Tokyo

Taira no Kiyomori 平清盛 Heike Monogatari

Takehisa Yumeji 竹久夢二 Painter (1884 - 1934)

Takita Sakae 滝田栄 actor and woodcarver

Takuan Soho (沢庵 宗彭, 1573–1645) and pickled radishes

Tawara Toota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷 Tawara Tota Heian period

Togi Hideki 東儀秀樹 Tougi Hideki (1959 - )
gagaku flute player

Tokugawa Ieyasu ... 徳川家康... and Tosho-Gu 東照宮, Nikko 日光

Tokuitsu (Toku-Ichi) Priest Tokuitsu 得一 徳溢 and
Yakushi Nyorai in the Aizu Area

Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起 The Tosa school of painters

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839 – June 9, 1892)
..... Tsukioka Kogyo 月岡耕漁 (1869-1927) (Tsukioka Koogyo)


Uesugi Kenshin Kagetora 上杉謙信(景虎)


Watonai 和藤内, the Tiger Hero
Zheng Chenggong, Cheng Ch'eng-kung (1624 - 1662)


Xavier, Saint Francis Xavier, sei Sabieru 聖ザビエル
(1506 - 1552)


Yamaoka Tesshu

Yookihi 楊貴妃 Yang Gui Fei, Princess Yokihi

Yoshida Kenko 吉田兼好 Yoshida Kenkoo (1283? – 1350?)


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. Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals - SAIJIKI .


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12/28/2012

- Places - LIST .

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.. .. .. .. .. Temples, Shrines and sacred places

. Shrines with special amulets - omamori .

. Temples with special amulets - omamori .



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Adashino, Temple Nenbutsu-ji 仏野念仏寺
Akashi Kobe Pilgrimage to 33 Temples
Asakayama ... 安積山 Mountain near Koriyama, Fukushima pref.
Asakusa Kannon 浅草観音
Awajishima island 淡路島 and Awajima Festival 粟島祭 Awaji shima


Byodo-In and the Phoenix Hall in Uji 平等院,鳳凰堂


Daigo-Ji Temple Statue Fudo Myo-O 醍醐寺 不動明王 .
Daisho-In, Daishoin 大聖院 Miyajima
Doi Shrine, Mimasaka and the Old Road of Izumo 土井神社と出雲街道
Dojoji Musume Dojoji 娘道成寺 (musume doojiji) Kabuki play and Nakamura Tomijuro


Edo Castle and the Town of Edo
Eigen-ji 永源寺 Temple and 寂室元光 Jakushitsu Genko
Eihei-Ji Temple - 永平寺
Eikan-do Temple 永観堂, Zenrinji 禅林寺 Kyoto
Encho Chinese Dragon Park, Tottori Encho En Park 燕趙園



Fukuyama Castle 福山城
Fukuyama Bingo Shrine福山備後護国神社


Gosho Imperial Palace in Kyoto 京都御所 Kyoto Gosho


Hachimangu Shrines in Japan Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū 鶴岡八幡宮
Haguro-San 羽黒山、出羽三山
Hieizan 比叡山 Mount Hiei and Enryaku-ji 延暦寺 Kyoto
Higashiyama Culture and Ginkaku-Ji, Kinkaku-Ji 東山文化と銀閣寺、金閣寺. Kyoto
Hikosan Jinguu 英彦山神宮 Hikosan Shrine Fukuoka

Hiraizumi, temple Motsu-Ji and Chuson-Ji, the Fujiwara clan 平泉、毛越寺、中尊寺 (Mootsuuji, Chuusonji)

Hokkeji 法華寺 (Hokkedera) Nara

Hoo no Yama 法の山 Mountain of the Buddhist Law Kyoto

Hooryuuji 法隆寺 Temple Horyu-ji . Nara


Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮 Ise Grand Shrine
Ishiyamadera, Temple Ishiyama-dera 石山寺
Itsukushima Shrine 厳島神社 Miyajima 宮島, Hiroshima
Iwakura waterfall and temple Daiun-Ji 岩倉大雲寺
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū 石清水八幡宮 Kyoto
Izumo Kaido, The Old Road of Izumo 出雲街道 With many details on the way !


Kamo Shrine complex 賀茂神社 Kyoto : Kamigamo Jinja 上賀茂神社. Shimogamo Jinja (下鴨神社 / 下賀茂神社). Tadasu no Mori 糺の森.
Kanda Myoojin and Zenigata 神田明神
Kanegasaki 金崎城 / 鐘ヶ崎城 and Basho in Tsuruga
Kanei-Ji Temple and Tenkai (Jigen Daishi) 寛永寺(かんえいじ)
and 慈眼大師. Ueno, Tokyo
Karamatsu Shrine 唐松神社 / Karamatsu Kannon 唐松観音
Kasamori Inari Fox Shrines, mud dumplings and smallpox 笠森稲荷, 瘡守いなり 大明神

Kashihara Jingu Shrine 橿原神宮. Nara
Kasuga Shrine Festivals (Kasuga matsuri, Wakamiya On Matsuri) 春日万燈籠 (かすがまんとうろう). Kasuga Shrine (春日大社, Kasuga-taisha)
Katsura Rikyu (Katsura rikyuu 桂離宮 ) Imperial Villa in Kyoto
Katsuyama Town with its Temples and Shrines  勝山宿場
Kokawa-dera ... 粉河寺 Temple Kokawadera and a Matsuo Basho stone memorial
Kokubun-Ji, Temple Kokubunji 国分寺 Provincial Temples in Japan
Konpira-san in ShikokuKompira Shrine 金毘羅. Kotohira Gu 琴平宮
Koya San in Wakayama 高野山


Manpukuji 萬福寺・万福寺 Temple near Uji and fucha ryori cuisine 普茶料理
Matsue Festivals 松江 : Horan Enya Boat Festival ほうらんえんや Hooran Enya and others
Maya Temple Visit (Maya moode) Kobe, Mount Rokkosan
Mibudera 壬生寺 and Mibu Kyogen performance 壬生狂言(
Mii-Dera, Mii Temple 三井寺
Miroku-Ji temple at Kashozan, Gunma 迦葉山弥勒寺
Mitoku San, Temple Sanbutsu-Ji 三徳山三仏寺
Mitsumine Shrine Mitsumine Jinja 三峰神社
Miwa, Omiwa Jinja 大三輪神社 and Mount Miwa三輪山. Mimoro yama 三諸山. Nara
Mokubo-Ji and Umewakamaru 木母寺(もくぼじ) と 梅若丸伝説

MON ... gate (門 kado) Temple gate (sanmon 山門) of various temples

Nagata Shrine in Kobe 長田神社 - 神戸 
Nagoya and its festivals 名古屋祭り
Nara 奈良 the ancient capital
Nihonbashi bridge 日本橋 The Center of Edo
Nijo Castle 二条城 (Nijoo-joo) Kyoto and the Shikidai Hall
NUE 鵺 mythological beast of Japan and Sono Kara Matsuri 園韓神祭 (そのからかみまつり)

Okayama Shrines 岡山県の神社
Oohirayama Konpira-In Temple, Kurayoshi 大平山 金毘羅院. Kompira at Kurayoshi
Otsu and its festivals 大津祭 Otsu Matsuri


Renkoo-In, Renkoin 蓮光院初馬寺 Tsu Town
Ryohoji temple 了法寺(Ryoohooji) and TORO BENTEN とろ弁天. Hachioji, Tokyo
Ryotan-Ji (Ryootan ji 龍潭寺) Hikone, Shiga pref.


Saga, Spring festivals 嵯峨大念仏狂言 Saga Dainenbutsu Kyogen
Saihoji, Saihooji 西方寺 / 西法寺 and Issa Haiku
Saijo Inari Fox Shrine 最上稲荷、最上位経王大菩薩
Saimyo-Ji Temple in Shikoku and Issa 最明寺
Sakaori no Miya and Yamato Takeru 酒折宮 . 日本武尊
Sakushu Kaido, The Old Road of Sakushu 作州街道 With many details on the way !
Sanjuusan Gendoo 三十三間堂 Sanjusan Gendo Hall with 1000 Kannon Statues, Kyoto
Sanpo-Ji Temple 三寳寺 (さんぽうじ 三宝寺) with Daruma mikuji
Seiryooji 清涼寺 Temple Seiryo-Ji (Seiryoji)
... and Shakado 釈迦堂 The Shaka Hall, Kyoto
Sengaku-ji 泉岳寺

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SHIKOKU Fudo Pilgrims to 36 Temples

Shimo Jinja "Frost Shrine" 霜神社 Shimomiya at Mount Aso, KyushuThe legend of Kihachi 鬼八
Shindenzukuri and the Higashiyama Culture 寝殿造 / 東山文化
..... Ashikaga Yoshimasa / Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (足利義満)
Shizutani School, Shizutani Gakkoo Okayama, Bizen Town
Star Shrines, Hoshi Jinja .. Myooken Bosatsu (Myoken)
Sumadera Temple and the "Colorful Beach" Iro no Hama A Haiku Journey: 須磨 と 色の浜
Shrine Tada Jinja ... 多太神社 ... and Matsuo Basho


Taimadera 当麻寺 / 當麻寺 and the Taima Mandala 当麻曼荼羅図
Tairyuu-Ji, Big Dragon Temple 太龍寺 / Shikoku Nr. 21
Tamaki Jinja 玉置神社 Shrine
Tanjooji Temple 誕生時 in Okayama Tanjo-Ji, birthplace of Saint Honen (Hoonen Shoonin)
Tenman-Gu, Dazaifu 天満宮 大宰府
Tenryuuji 天龍寺 Temple Tenryu-Ji Kyoto
Toodaiji 東大寺 Temple Todai-Ji Nara
Tofukuji Temple (toofukuji 東福寺) and master gardener Shigemori Mirei 重森三玲
Toji, Temple Too-Ji 東寺 in Kyoto

Tokaido 東海道五十三次
The 53 stations of the Tokaido


Toribeno Cemetery in Kyoto Japan 鳥辺野
Toshitoku Jinja 正月寺歳徳神社 Shrine Iwaki, Fukushima
Toshogu Memorial Shrines 東照宮


Ukimido (Ukimidoo 浮御堂)Matsuo Basho and Lake Biwa. Temple Gichu-Ji
Usami Kannon 宇佐美観音


Yaegaki jinja 八重垣神社 shrine Yaegaki Izumo, Shimane
Yakushi-Ji Temple, Nara 法相宗大本山薬師寺
Yakushi Nyorai : Pilgrimage to 49 Temples in Western Japan 西国四十九薬師巡礼
Yamaguchi Fudo Pilgrimage ... 山口十八不動三十六童子霊場

Yamato Province (大和国, Yamato no Kuni)
Yamato (大和)

Yashima Gassen 屋島合戦 ... Battle at Yashima, Shikoku
Yoshino 吉野と桜
Yoshinogari, Himiko and Yamataikoku 吉野ケ里 / 卑弥呼 . 邪馬台国 in Saga, Kyushu
Yoshitsune Temple Gikeiji at Minmaya
「義経寺」(ぎけいじ) 三厩村 - Dragon Horse Temple 龍馬山
Yoyogi Hachimangu, Tokyo 代々木八幡宮
Yufuin Hot Spring and Mount Yufudake 湯布院 / 由布岳 Kyushu
Yushima Tenjin 湯島天神 Yushima Tenmangu and Sugaware Michizane


Zenko-Ji (Zenkooji) ... 善光寺 ... and secret Buddha statues, hibutsu 秘仏



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日本の博物館


Metropolitan Museum of Art


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Amamonzeki - A Hidden Heritage:
Treasures of the Japanese Imperial Convents

尼門跡寺院の世界 April 2009

Arts and Crafts Museum
MUSEUM OF JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ART CRAFTS
http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/index-E.html

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
http://www.asianart.org/

Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum - Shiga
滋賀県立安土城考古博物館
http://www.azuchi-museum.or.jp/
昇る!昇れ!!昇るとき-日輪と龍のメッセージ-
exhibition of sun and rising dragon



Baur Collection - Switzerland
http://fondation-baur.ch/en/home

Bhutan, February 2008
The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan


Cernuschi Museum Paris - Le musee Cernuschi
http://www.cernuschi.paris.fr/fr/le-musee

Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
15770 Tenth Avenue Hanford, CA 93230. USA
http://www.ccjac.org/index.html
Wrathful Deities and Compassionate Bodhisattvas



Eisei Bunko Museum


Folk Craft Museum Tottori
http://yokoso.pref.tottori.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=2096

Freer - Sackler Collection - the Arts of Japan
The Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art
Washington DC
source : www.asia.si.edu/

Fukui City History Museum 福井市立郷土歴史博物館
http://www.history.museum.city.fukui.fukui.jp/


"Garo Manga, 1964-1973"
GARO MAGAZINE EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK ガロ 漫画


Honda Zohinkan Museum 藩老本多蔵品館
http://www.honda-museum.jp/
http://www.honda-museum.jp/english/English1.html


Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art 石川県立美術館
http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/index_j.html
http://www.ishibi.pref.ishikawa.jp/english/index.html


Japanese American National Museum
JANM. Americans of Japanese ancestry.
http://janmstore.com/tsuru.html


Japanese Art Dealers Association JADA
http://www.jada-ny.org/about.html



Koryo Museum of Art 高麗美術館
Korean Art, Kyoto

Kyoto National Museum - English and Japanese
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html



. Manyo'an Collection of Japanese Art .
the Gitter-Yelen Foundation - Manyoan
http://www.manyoancollection.org/

Metropolitan Museum of Art -New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/visit

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
http://www.artsmia.org/
.... EDO POP: THE GRAPHIC IMPACT OF JAPANESE PRINTS .


Mori Arts Center Gallery
52F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
http://kuniyoshi.exhn.jp/english.html


Morikami Museum and gardens . . . Florida
source : www.morikami.org

Museum für Lackkunst - BASF - Japanese lacquer art
48143 Münster Deutschland
http://www.museum-fuer-lackkunst.de/japan_en.htm

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln
The Heart of Enlightenment
Buddhist Art in China, October 2009


Museum of Folk Craft - Kurashiki, Okayama
http://iwe.kusa.ac.jp/FOLK/fork_guide.html



Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts  名古屋ボストン美術館

Namikawa Yasuyuki
Laquer artist - Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/name/namikawa-yasuyuki/451/

Nara National Museum -with many seasonal exhibitions
http://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/index_e.html

Nezu Institute of Fine Arts 根津美術館

Nihon Mingeikan - The Japan Folk Crafts Museum
http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/english/


Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen - Museum Weltkulturen
Mannheim, Germany - 150 Jahre deutsch-japanische Beziehungen
http://www.rem-mannheim.de/veranstaltungen/aktueller-monat.html

Ross Walker Collection - Ukiyo-e and Shin Hanga
http://www.ohmigallery.com/index.htm


Sagawa Art Museum

Saitama Craft Center 埼玉伝統工芸館
http://saitamacraft.com/
..... English introduction
http://www.town.ogawa.saitama.jp/english/kankou/e-dkougei.html


SHANGHAI
Exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Feb. 12 till Sept. 5, 2010

Scholten Japanese Art Exhibition, March 2010
Sacred Symbols in Profane Japan

Sieboldhuis Leiden Holland -Japanese and French
http://www.sieboldhuis.org/en/

Sue Sarasa Museum 寿恵更紗ミュージアム Kyoto

Suntory Museum of Art
おもてなしの美 Arts for Japanese Hospitality, Spring 2010


Todaiji Temple Exhibition, Nara
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20111012a7.html

Tokyo National Museum
Shaping Faith ―
Japanese Ichiboku Buddhist Statues, November 2006



Victoria and Albert Museum - England
Japan Collection
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/japan/


Virtual Museum of Japanese Art -Fine Arts and Crafts
http://web-japan.org/museum/menu.html


Wereldmusuem Rotterdam
ritual objects associated with Japan's esoteric Shingon and Tendai Buddhism
http://www.wereldmuseum.com/exhibitions/the-collection.aspx





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..................... Buddhist Ritual Implements

Ritual Decorations (shoogongu) 荘厳具 including:
Banner (ban)
Canopy (tengai) 天蓋
Flower Garlands (keman) 華鬘


"Dragon wheel, dragon vehicle" ryuusha, ryusha 竜車, 竜舎 The top of a pagoda, soorin 相輪


Food Offerings and Bowls  (onjiki kuyoo 飲食 供養) onjiki ki 飲食器
Begging Bowls, Bettelschale

Kanshitsu 乾漆 dry laquer technique Trockenlack verfahren

Sutra, Sutras, Buddhist scriptures (kyoo, o-kyoo お経) Japan
Hanya Shingyo 般若心経 Heart Sutra and more


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Apsaras, Heavenly Maidens (tennyo 天女)

Butsuzoo ... 仏像... Introducing Japanese Deities
Byakudo 白道 The White Path to the Western Paradise


Daily Life in Edo and later Humanity Saijiki

Dantsu 段通/緞通 Japanese carpets

Dengakumai, dengaku mai 田楽舞 dance and food

Dogu (doguu 土偶) clay figurines of the Jomon period

Doosojin, the Roadside Deities 道祖神 (Dosojin)

EDO - Edo shigusa 江戸しぐさ manners of Edo 江戸思草 

Kotowaza ことわざ Proverbs and Sayings

Festivals, Ceremonies, Rituals SAIJIKI

Fishing Methods in Japan

Food and Drink in Japan ... WASHOKU SAIJIKI

History of Buddha Statues in Japan 仏像の歴史


Kanban kenchiku 看板建築 billboard architecture
signboard architecture

Kannabi, a place of the Gods 神奈備

Kigo ... 季語 ... Introducing THINGS JAPANESE !
..... Haiku and Things Japanese !

Kimigayo 君が代 the national anthem

Kubizuka, mounds for a severed head 首塚

Kurofune 黒船 Black Ships and a kyoka poem

Making Buddha Statues 仏像作りBasic Information
Mamori, O-Mamori, Amulettes and Talismans お守り
Maniguruma, Prayer Wheels マニ車,摩尼車. Jizoguruma 地蔵車
Mudra ... the gestures and positions of the hands ... mudra of preaching the Dharma (dharma-cakra-pravartana). Mit Deutschem Text.
Muenbotoke ... 無縁仏 ... Graves of unknown pilgrims

Nyoi Hooju, Wishfulfilling Jewel 如意宝珠, mani hooju 摩尼宝珠

Place Names 歌枕 .. Uta Makura .. used in Haiku
Pilgrims : Shikoku Summer 2005 Our own Haiku Pilgrimage 四国の遍路


Ranma 欄間 transom durchbrochene Zierleiste

Rokudo (Rokudoo) 六道... The Six Realms of Existence. Also GAKI 餓鬼, the Hungry Ghosts

Ryu, Ryuu .. 龍 竜 ... Dragon Art of Asia

A gallery of its own in 2012 - year of the dragon

. Sanbasoo 三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer .
Shuuban 宗判 temple stamps of identification
Storehouse, warehouse (kura 蔵, dozoo 土蔵)
Suijin, God of Water 水神


Tainai Butsu 胎内佛, 胎内仏Small Statues inside a statue.
..... offerings inside a statue, zoonai noonyuuhin 像内納入品
Tamanokoshi 玉の輿お守り talismans Imamiya Shrine, Kyoto
Taoism ...
Daoist Hell, Taoist Hell concepts

Teien, tei-en .. 日本の庭園 Japanese Gardens

Uchishiki ... 打敷 Altar Cloth with Dragon Design
Utasebune 打瀬船 fishing boats for shrimp

Yatagarasu, yata-garasu 八咫烏 "Three-legged crow"
legendary eight-span crow)

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... ... ... Daruma Temples

Famous Daruma Temples ... an overview


Daruma-Dera in Nishi-Izu 西伊豆の達磨寺
Hoorin-Ji Temple in Kyoto 法輪寺

Jindai-Ji Temple in Mitaka, Tokyo 深大寺 and the Ajikan meditation, Sanskrit letters
and "Ganzan Daishi" 元三大師.

Katsuo-Ji 勝尾寺 Osaka, Mino
Kozenji .. BIG Daruma Temple Koozen-Ji 興禅寺, Wakayama
Shoorin-Zan, Daruma-Ji Takasaki. Shorinzan


and the temple with the GRAVE OF DARUMA in Japan

Daruma-Ji at Kataoka 片岡


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Things of interest in Japanese culture ... a long LIST


The Old Tea Road from Yunnan to Lhasa
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Japanese PLACE NAMES ... used in Haiku

Japanese TEMPLE and SHRINE NAMES ... used in Haiku


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from my Paradise Publishers:
with full text online

. Buddhistische Kultgegenstände Japans .
(Buddhist Ritual and Ceremonial Tools)
butsugu 仏具, hoogu 法具
ISBN 4-938864-05-3


. Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who .
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie
von japanischen Buddhastatuen
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Names to be explored



Friends in this forum post so many interesting things about Japanese art:

. Joys of Japan .


Copy the Japanese characters and
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Ishikawa Jozan 石川丈山(1583~1672) calligraphy

Ishiuchi Miyako (1947 - ) 石内都 Painting

Itoo Nobukata (Ito) (1926 - 1989) 伊藤乃武方 bamboo worker



Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) 神坂雪佳 Painting

Kanze Motokiyo (1363 – c. 1443) 観世元清 actor

Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1992) 笠松紫浪 Prints

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) 川瀬巴水 Prints

Kobayashi Tôun Kobayashi Toun, Tooun (1961 - )
..... 小林東雲 Calligraphy

Kuroda Tatsuaki 黒田辰秋 (1904 - 1982) laquer


Matsui Fuyuko 松井冬子 (1974 - ) paintings
(not Fukuko Matsui)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fa20120112a1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29



Narahara Ikko (1931 - ) 奈良原 一高 Photography


Ohara Koson Ohara (1877 – 1945) 小原古邨 Prints

Okuhara Seiko (1837-1918) 奥原晴湖 Prints



Ryuutei Tanehiko (1783 - 1842) 柳亭種彦 Writer



Sawaki Suushi (1707 -1772) 佐脇嵩之 Prints

Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢鮭介 (1895 - 1984)
..... textile artist - with Daruma

Shoda Koho (1870-1946) Prints
Shoda Koohoo 庄田耕峰 (1877 - 1924) Painting

Takahashi Shotei (1874-1941) 高橋松亭 Prints


Tsuchida Bakusen (1887 - 1936) 土田麦僊 Painting


Yoshida Hiroshi 吉田博 (1876-1950) Painting


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Ito Jakuchu 伊藤若冲


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Itō Jakuchū, Itoo Jakuchuu (伊藤 若冲, 1716-1800)
正徳6年2月8日(1716年3月1日) -
寛政12年9月10日(1800年10月27日))

was an Eccentric Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period when Japan had closed its doors to the outside world. Many of his paintings concern traditionally Japanese subjects, particularly chickens and other birds. Many of his otherwise traditional works display a great degree of experimentation with perspective, and with other very modern stylistic elements.

Though compared to Soga Shōhaku and other exemplars of the mid-Edo period eccentric painters, Jakuchū is said to have been very calm, restrained, and professional. He held strong ties to Zen Buddhist ideals, and was considered a lay brother (koji); but he was also keenly aware of his role within a Kyoto society that was becoming increasingly commercial.
source : wikipedia

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Colorful Realm:
Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu


A much-anticipated harbinger of spring, the cherry blossom is also exemplary of the Japanese artistic aesthetic - a delight in simple, natural beauty and an attentiveness to the changing seasons.
This spring will mark the centennial of Japan's gift of three thousand cherry trees to Washington, DC, and this sumptuously illustrated catalogue is the companion to a celebratory exhibition at the National Gallery of Art featuring the work of Ito Jakuchu. Jakuchu (1716-1800), a wealthy wholesaler and talented painter, is, in Japan, the most recognized artist of the premodern era. His thirty-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings titled "Colorful Realm of Living Beings" is a renowned cultural treasure, one of the most beautiful and skilled examples of how the natural world is depicted and symbolized in Japanese art.

Presenting gorgeous flora and fauna in meticulous detail, the scrolls are reunited here with Jakuchu's triptych of the Buddha Sakyamuni from the Zen monastery Shokokuji in Kyoto. This stunning volume reproduces these masterpieces of Edo-period art and complements them with extensive background material on their significance. Recent conservation of the scrolls has revealed new information about the materials and techniques used by Jakuchu, and those findings are discussed in the volume, offering a multifaceted understanding of the artist's virtuosity and innovation as a painter.

As the first English-language examination and overseas display of Jakuchu's Colorful Realm in its entirety, the book and exhibition will offer new audiences a chance to encounter this landmark work-generously lent by the Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo.
source : www.amazon.co.jp


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The Art of Itō Jakuchū
Conference
National Gallery of Art
East Building, Large Auditorium
Friday, March 30, 2012

This spring, Washington, DC, marks the centennial of Japan’s gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the United States with three extraordinary exhibitions of Japanese art. The Freer and Sackler Galleries present Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, featuring the most famous print series by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849),and Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples, with selections from a seminal ensemble by Kano Kazunobu (1816–1863).
The National Gallery of Art presents
Colorful Realm:
Japanese Bird and Flower Paintings
by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800),
a rare opportunity to view one of Japan's most renowned cultural treasures.
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. Zen Mind Zen Brush .



. Vegetables entering Nirvana .
By Ito Jakuchu



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Wrathful Deities and
Compassionate Bodhisattvas:
Aides of the Buddhist Faith

February 4 – April 28, 2012

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Wisdom King of Great Awe (Daiitoku Myōō)
13th century, Color on wood

Buddhism arrived in Japan in the mid-6th century, carrying in its new form of belief a vast pantheon of deities. Originating in India and passing through China and the Korean peninsula, the Buddhist faith underwent various transformations while keeping the one, ultimate goal: attainment of nirvana or salvation and escape from the endless cycle of rebirth.

Through contact with various Asian cultures where Buddhism was adopted, the Buddhist pantheon increased by the assimilation of Hindu deities, Chinese Daoist and Confucian beliefs, indigenous saints as well as Japanese Shinto deities (kami). The visual arts have become an important medium to transmit and teach Buddhist doctrine and the diversity and extent of the pantheon confronts people with a maze of Buddhist imagery.

The exhibition Wrathful Deities and Compassionate Bodhisattvas: Aides of the Buddhist Faith leads through this maze of Buddhist deities, explaining their purpose and giving the visitor insight into the different iconographical renderings.

In a system recalling Christian belief of the Holy Helpers and other saints, Buddhism also knows benevolent, merciful deities that assist the adherents in their faith. But besides the compassionate form of Buddhist bodhisattvas there are fierce-looking deities guarding the doctrine, the Myōō, or Wisdom Kings. The contrast between the merciful bodhisattvas and the almost demon-like ferocious deities is one of the most intriguing aspects in Buddhist art and these deities could be confused due to their gruesome outer appearance with mischievous devils and demons.

The Clark Center's spring exhibition will showcase the diverse forms of aid through exquisite Buddhist sculptures and a rare bronze votive plaque (kakebotoke), ranging in dates from the 12th to the 14th century. Also featured are sophisticated Buddhist hanging scrolls dated from the same period, as well as intriguingly painted saints and deities created during the 17th to the 19th century. Amongst them is an abbreviated drawing (shukuzu) of a Buddhist narrative by the accomplished and widely known painter Kanō Tan'yū (1602–1674).

Continuing to today, Buddha’s death is celebrated on February 15th as "Nirvana Day" and, in timely appropriation, a monumental nirvana painting (nehan-zu) of 9 × 6 feet (2.8 × 1.9 meters) dated to 1682, illustrating the death of the historical Buddha and his entrance into nirvana, is a highlight of this exhibition.

Curated by Sabine Neumann, Curatorial Assistant


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Daiitoku 大威徳明王 (Skt. Yamantaka)
west, emanation of Amida (Skt. Amitābha)

Positioned in West.
Six faces; six legs; six arms holding various weapons; riding a white cow (cow is symbol of enlightenment); has power to suppress evil and create goodness; also fights pain and poisons. Guardian deity for Amida Nyorai in the Western Pure Land; power to vanquish poisonous snakes and dragons; worshiped as a deity of victory; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) has statue of Daitoku from the 10th century.

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大威徳明王 Daiitoku Myo-O (Yamaantaka)

"Große, majestätische Tugend".
Der Große Zerstörer in der Schlacht; tötet den Sturm-Drachen.
Auch "Höllenfürst" (Kooenma) genannt; ursprünglich verwandt mit dem Höllenfürsten Emmaten bzw. in Abwandlung der japanischen Umschreibung für yamaantaka: Enmatokuka. yamaantaka bedeutet eigentlich "Der dem Todesgott Yama ein Ende macht".
Furchterregende Inkarnation des Muryooju Nyorai, des Amida Nyorai bzw. des Monju Bosatsu.

Leitet in allen sechs Existenzbereichen, siehe Sechs Jizoo.
Besänftigt die Rachegeister der Verstorbenen (onryoo), gewährt Sieg im Kampf und fördert die Trennung einer unguten Liebesbeziehung. Weitherhin hilft er bei Epidemien, Dürrekatastrophen und Überschwemmungen.
Im Westen bei fünf Figuren.

Ikonografie:
Grünschwarze Körperfarbe. Drei große und darüber drei kleine Köpfe, insgesamt also sechs Köpfe; sechs Arme und sechs Beine. Der einzige Myo-O mit sechs Beinen, daher auch "Ehrwürdige Gottheit mit sechs Beinen" (rokusoku son) genannt. In jedem Gesicht drei Augen.
In den rechten Händen: Schwert, Stab der Lehre.
In den linken Händen: Dreizack mit langem Stab und Drachen-Seil.
Die mittleren Hände vor der Brust gefaltet, mit ausgestreckten Zeigefingern. Die Zeigefinger durchstoßen die Dunkelheit und das Unwissen und führen zur Klarheit.
Reitet auf einem grünen Wasserbüffel, manchmal umgeben von Mäusen.
Der Wasserbüffel wird selten stehend, häufiger liegend dargestellt.

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12/27/2011

Priest Chogen

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Priest Chogen 重源 Choogen

Choogen 重源(ちょうげん)
1121年(保安2年) - 1206年7月12日(建永元年6月5日


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Portraits of Chōgen
The Transformation of Buddhist Art in Early Medieval Japan

John M. Rosenfield

This volume, the first in Brill’s Japanese Visual Culture series, vividly describes the efforts of the Japanese monk Shunjōbō Chōgen (1121–1206) to restore major buildings and works of art lost in a brutal civil conflict in 1180.

Chōgen is best known for his role in the recasting of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) and the reconstructing of the South Great Gate (Nandaimon) of Tōdaiji in Nara and its huge, dramatic wooden guardian figures. This study concentrates on these and other replacement statues and buildings associated with Chōgen and situates the visual arts of Japan into the spiritual … read moreand socio-political context of their times.

Through meticulous study of dedicatory material, Rosenfield is able to place the splendid Buddhist statues made for Chōgen in vivid new light. The volume also explores how Japan’s rulers employed the visual arts as instruments of government policy – a tactic that recurs throughout the nation’s history. This publication includes an annotated translation of Chōgen’s memoir, completed near the end of his life, in which he recounts his many achievements.

In chapters on East Asian portraiture, Rosenfield claims that surviving statues of Chōgen, carved with mordant realism, rank among the world’s most eloquent portraits, and herald the great changes that were to permeate Japanese religious and secular arts in the centuries to come. While Chōgen has been the subject of major art exhibitions and extensive research in Japan; this is the first book-length study to appear in the West.

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Chōgen was a luminary of the period who raised funds for the rebuilding of the Daibutsuden 大仏殿, the giagantic "Buddha Hall" at Tōdaiji Temple 東大寺 in Nara, which had been burnt to the ground in +1180 during the Genpei War 源平合戦 (Genpei Kassen, + 1180 to 1185).
Chōgen was also a fervent believer in Amida Buddha 阿弥陀如来 and Pure Land faith (Jōdokyō 浄土教), and from +1183 he started giving his friends Buddhist names that contained the name Amida.

ANNAMI 安阿弥
Kaikei is credited with creating an independent sculptural style known as Annami 安阿弥, also called Annamiyō (Annamiyo) 安阿弥様, which literally means “Annami Style.” The name of this style stems from Kaikei’s own unique inscription, for he signed many of his works “Kaikei of the Buddhist name AN AMIDA BUTSU,” writing AN in Sanskrit.

He received this special Buddhist name from his friend, the Buddhist priest Chōgen (Chogen) 重源, the latter a famous monk (+1121-1206) who introduced the so-called Daibutsu Style (Daibutsuyō) 大仏様 of architecture to Japan, which he had learned while visiting China.
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