[Bodhisattva] - Kimura Buzan (1876-1942)
Seated in meditation with open and compassionate heart, this bodhisattva is on a spiritual journey, postponing his own salvation in order to remain on earth to
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Seated in meditation with open and compassionate heart, this bodhisattva is on a spiritual journey, postponing his own salvation in order to remain on earth to
Deceptively simple and notoriously difficult to apply with the calligrapher’s brush in one fluid, arching stroke; the symbol of the ensō has long been associate
This scroll contains a sutra written as [寿至蓬莱不老僊], pronounced in Japanese as “Jyu-Ita-Hōrai-Furō-Sen.” Originating from Chinese, the characters “蓬莱” refer to th
This Meiji-period hanging scroll has that lovely quiet confidence you see in literati-style kachōga (seasonal nature motifs) of the era: elegant, unforced, and
An elegant antique Japanese hanging scroll from Meiji depicting a serene landscape in ink on silk, composed in the literati manner with softly layered mountain
Here we have a scroll-mounted letter in a copy signed by the famed Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), who is counted with Bashō and Buson among the three
An absolutely stunning rendition of a powerful tiger—muscles rippling—prowling through a dark bamboo grove. One of the best tiger compositions I have personally