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Showing posts with label marici. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marici. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 February 2019
Saturday, 9 February 2019
Two Porcine Delights
Some Porcine Delights for the YEAR for the PIG
#yearofthepig #asianart
Despite the Pig being an Asian "Zodiac" animal I could not find any really good older ukiyo-e calendar prints! I did however find this print by Hiroshige of a wild boar.
#yearofthepig #asianart
Despite the Pig being an Asian "Zodiac" animal I could not find any really good older ukiyo-e calendar prints! I did however find this print by Hiroshige of a wild boar.
I also found this photo of an antique Tsuba featuring Marici riding a boar.
Sunday, 27 January 2019
MARICI TWO
#Marici #asianart #buddhist #iconography
Marici may have originally been another form of Ushas the dawn goddess as she is described as travelling before the sun and moon
She rides either a single wild pig or a chariot drawn by 7
Marici may have originally been another form of Ushas the dawn goddess as she is described as travelling before the sun and moon
She rides either a single wild pig or a chariot drawn by 7
2 Tibetan depictions of Marici
A more modern image stressing her as a guardian warrior and archer
More Marici images to come !
Friday, 25 January 2019
MARICI'S YEAR
Given its the Year of the Pig perhaps the "patron" divinity should be #Marici known as #Marishi or #Marichi in Japan and #molishitian in China.
If you're travelling in Japan and see something similar to this you are probably near an Esoteric Buddhist Temple once favored by Samurai who quite liked the idea of the god/goddess as an archer.
More on Marici in the next posts.
I have also finished a couple of New Year cards I'll be sharing soon!
If you're travelling in Japan and see something similar to this you are probably near an Esoteric Buddhist Temple once favored by Samurai who quite liked the idea of the god/goddess as an archer.
More on Marici in the next posts.
I have also finished a couple of New Year cards I'll be sharing soon!
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