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Showing posts with label buddhist goddess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buddhist goddess. Show all posts
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Friday, 21 February 2014
Japanese Benten
Here's the Japanese equivalent of Sarasvati. You can see the Chinese influence on the iconography and painting style.
Dear readers I am bumping older blog posts done before I set up a cross link with google+. As the widget that does this will not cross post (PRE)scheduled posts please use the Share button so other people can enjoy these posts. This is one of a sequence of 4 posts showing how depictions of Sarasvati changed from India to Japanese and elsewhere.
Friday, 27 December 2013
Sarasvati Benten Three
Now for some Chinese / Japanese images.
I couldn't find a good image of Biancaitian as shes known in China so I've tried to pick Japanese images that show a strong Chinese influence.
Frankly I'm not sure if this first image is modern Chinese or Japanese and it does show a slight manga / anime influence but the goddess is depicted as a princess / lady of rank in Chinese costume.
this second image was painted in 18th century Japan but the artist clearly seems to have modelled his work on an older piece perhaps a badly damaged scroll imported centuries earlier from China a painting that had to be replaced? If you're familiar with both Chinese and Japanese painting the Chinese influence is very strong ... very.
I couldn't find a good image of Biancaitian as shes known in China so I've tried to pick Japanese images that show a strong Chinese influence.
Frankly I'm not sure if this first image is modern Chinese or Japanese and it does show a slight manga / anime influence but the goddess is depicted as a princess / lady of rank in Chinese costume.
this second image was painted in 18th century Japan but the artist clearly seems to have modelled his work on an older piece perhaps a badly damaged scroll imported centuries earlier from China a painting that had to be replaced? If you're familiar with both Chinese and Japanese painting the Chinese influence is very strong ... very.
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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