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The art of Zen : paintings and calligraphy by Japanese monks, 1600-1925 / Stephen Addiss.

Title
  1. The art of Zen : paintings and calligraphy by Japanese monks, 1600-1925 / Stephen Addiss.
Published by
  1. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1989.
Author
  1. Addiss, Stephen, 1935-2022

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Additional authors
  1. Ichiyasu, Elissa
Description
  1. 223 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.
Summary
  1. "Addiss brings together the great masterpieces of paintings and calligraphy created by Japanese monks, who turned to visual imagery as an aid to meditation, as an expression of enlightenment, and as the purest form of transmitting Zen principles". From Barnes and Noble.
Subject
  1. Geschichte 1600-1925
  2. Zen painting
  3. Zen calligraphy
  4. Buddhist art and symbolism > Japan
  5. Zen art
Contents
  1. The creation of Zenga at Daitoku-ji -- The early Edo period: Fūgai, Ungo, Gesshū, and Bankei -- Obaku Zen -- Hakuin Ekaku -- The followers of Hakuin -- The later Edo period: Jiun, Ryōkan, and Gōchō -- Sengai and Nantembō.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain