Historical Hemp Buddha, 6th Century

‘Historical Buddha Sculpture’, made from a wood and metal wire frame wrapped in hemp cloth soaked in lacquer with glass and traces of pigment and gilding on the coating.  China,  Sui or early Tang dynasty (late 6th or early 7th Read More …

Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me

Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, his arms are raised above his head and he is holding a fly whisk used during meditation. He is either yelling or laughing. Copper Kozuka by Toshiyuki 1800’s     Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Read More …

Human Hemp Hybrid, 1895

見真 “See Truth” -title given to Shinran by the Emperor Meiji, hung above alter in The Goei-do/Founder’s Hall at the Higashi-Honganji Temple Higashi Honganji Temple: Dragon fountain Kyoto, Japan   Human Hemp Hybrid Like a modern day Frankensteinian tale, the Read More …