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Monday, August 20, 2007
20C Buddhist Sculpture
I've finally stumbled upon some serious 20C Buddhist sculpture !
The images are a bit fuzzy -- but it's better than nothing.
The sculptor is SAWADA Seiko (1894-1988)
And here are two questions:
*why are these pieces in a small, municipal art museum instead of a temple ?
There is a lot of good work here, though a deceptively poor start to the video, if it hadn't been you posting it I would have given up too soon.
I am not surprised that some of the work is not in a religious temple. It would be difficult to concentrate on pious thoughts and prayers with some of those sculptures which Sir Gawain would be keen to touch! I will have to have another run of it to make sure I got the gist of it all.
There is a lot of good work here, though a deceptively poor start to the video, if it hadn't been you posting it I would have given up too soon.
ReplyDeleteI am not surprised that some of the work is not in a religious temple. It would be difficult to concentrate on pious thoughts and prayers with some of those sculptures which Sir Gawain would be keen to touch! I will have to have another run of it to make sure I got the gist of it all.