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A Gwailo's View of Han Zi ! A Blog featuring my experiments with Han Zi and digital typographic art and articles on Chinese derived characters. Also some articles on Chinese characters in general and their use of multiple Asian languages.
Showing posts with label benten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benten. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Sarasvati Benten 4
A ukiyo-e surimono depiction of Benten this time riding a dragon an uniquely Japanese idea though they have have gotten the idea from Chinese Esoteric Buddhism or Taoism images of dragon riding deities?
Friday, 20 December 2013
From Sarasvati to Benten One
This series of posts will show images of Sarasvati / Benten from across ASIA.
INDIA
INDIA
Sarasvati or Saraswati is also depicted with a tiger or peacock and known as Shar(a)da in Southern India.
The most consistent feature of depictions of this goddess is her stringed musical instrument often described in English as a lute.
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