Taizo Minagawa 1917-2005: “Katsura Rikyu no Niwa” (Garden of Katsura Detached Villa)
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Noriko Wakabayashi born 1955: Scenery of the Mind - Soar - kakeru, sho
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Mahakala, Protector of the Tent. Tibet, c1650. Met Museum, new York.
“This black-ground painting is a visualization image of Mahakala as Panjarantha, the enlightened protector of Buddhism. He tramples a male corpse beneath his feet and displays a flaying knife (kartrika) in his right hand and a skull cup (kapala) in his left, implements for cutting through delusions and ignorance. A ritual wand (gandi) is balanced in the crooks of his arms. Panjaranatha is understood as the “original” Mahakala from which all other manifestations emanate. Several of the latter, along with the deity’s associates, surround him, including Brahmarupa (the “lesser Mahakala,” at left), blowing a thighbone trumpet, and Palden Lhamo (Mahakala’s consort), riding her mule. In the upper corners are two hierarchs of the Sakya lineage, over which Mahakala presides as their principal protector, and below his fearful retinue dances macabrely.”
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Hokucho Inoue active 1822-30: A scene from the play, “Sao no Uta Kizugawa Hakkei”
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