A fallen flower Returning to the branch? It was a butterfly. --HAIKU POEM. Japan.

1. A fallen flower Returning to the branch? It was a butterfly. --HAIKU POEM. Japan. by Moritake (1472-1549), high priest of Ise Shrine.

2. Mt. Fuji is a 10,000 year old still active volcano depicted by Artist Hokusai in the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (1831).

3. Japan

5. Suggestion Perishability Irregularity Simplification Utamaro. Woodblock printmaking.

6. From the age of six I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was fifty I had published a universe of designs. but all I have done before the the age of seventy is not worth bothering with. At seventy five I'll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am eighty you will see real progress. At ninety I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At a hundred I shall be a marvelous artist. At a hundred and ten everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my self 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing. -- Hokusai Artist: Hokusai.1760-1849, Tokugawa period)

7. Perceptions

8. Hokusai. Great Wave. 1823-39.

9. Great Wave, reversed.

10. Vincent van Gogh. Starry Night. 1889.

11. Portuguese Jesuits, merchants and African slave arrive in Japan, 1542.

12. Edgar Degas (French, 19th c., Dancer Hokusai, peasants dancing

13. Cover, New Yorker magazine. Utamaro. Three Beauties.

14. Seeking the Tao In the Autumn Mountains. N. Song. 10th c. By Juran. Hanging scroll, Ink on silk.

15. In China he is known as "the laughing Buddha" and is usually represented as a rotund figure with a happy disposition. Originally a fertility figure, he brought "goodies" in his bag to local townsfolk, especially children. In Japan, called Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods. Most people encounter this figure in Chinese shops and restaurants and confuse him for the historical Buddha. The common tradition is to rub his belly for good luck and prosperity, this is because his big figure is a sign of abundance. BUDDHISM: ABOUT THE Laughing Buddha

16. BUDDHISM and spread

17. BUDDHISM. A world religion or philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha* and holding that a state of enlightenment can be attained by detaching oneself from worldly desires. *Buddha: One who has awakened. Founder of Buddhism: Siddhartha Gautama (family name)(563?-483?) meditation--> enlightenment-->nirvana (recognize that atman and brahman are reunited in this life) Practice: Middle Way between extremes knowledge of 4 Truths 8-Fold Path (right thoughts and actions)

18. WEST, Classicism: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave Things are not what they appear to be. Cave: World of Illusion. EAST, Buddhism: Nirvana Moksha: release from Maya or Samsara (daily life, lives) Karma: deeds Dharma: the Way Enlightenment (satori) Emptiness

19. “right”: seeing and acting in accordance with things as they are. The Four Noble Truths 1. Life is full of "suffering". 2 This suffering is caused by our desires. 3. There is a cure. 4. The cure is the Eightfold Path. enlightenment: West: cognitive knowledge, rational understanding. East: awakening, transcending desires and acceptance of the way things are.

20. BUDDHISM From HINDUISM Founder: Siddhartha Gautama ca. 500 B.C.E. Meditation Other forms of Buddhism: INDIA MAHAYANA THERAVADA/ TIBET: VAJRAYANA (Great Vehicle) HINAYANA (little vehicle) skill-based method: Bodhisattva individuals must seek visualization exercises: Prayers and rituals wisdom and nirvana(Mandala) CHINA KOREA JAPAN on their own. Mostly CHINA: Chan monks and nuns MAITREYA: JAPAN Shintoism in SE ASIA Buddha of the Future ZEN AMITABHA: Buddha of the Western Paradise VAIROCHANA: Supreme Cosmic Buddha

21. Dream of Maya,Birth of the Buddha The Buddha - biography + history

22. Capitals to Monumental Buddhist Pillars, 3rd c BCE

23. Stupa at Sanchi, India 3rd c BCE

24. Torana (gate) and Yakshi (fertility deity)

25. Stupa of Sanchi ca. 3rd c BCE-1st c CE Egg Mandala Jakatas vs. aniconic representation

26. Kushan controlled Gandhara:Gandhara Style Shows W->E Greco-Roman influence. Robes, Naturalism. Terms: Iconography Wavy ushnisha urna mudra

27. Gandhara Mathura Style Prana filled Buddha w/ ushnisha top knot Red sandstone Gandharan: Model of a Stupa. Grey schist, 2nd c.

28. Buddhist Art in India & China1st-7th centuries CE

29. East-West: Architectural and Functional Similarities Santa Sabina, Christian Church, Rome, 423-432 Ce Section + Plan: Chaitya hall, Karli, India CE 50-70

30. Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra, Indialate 5th c: ca. 450-500 CE

31. Ajanta Caves, late 5th c., India

32. Naturalistic Ajanta murals: Prince Distributing Alms+ Padmapani(Lotus Bearer).Think of : rasa

33. Buddhist Expansion into China2nd-7th centuries CEVairochana Buddha Colossal Buddha ~40ft high, cave carving, Yungang, China, ca 450 CE Longmen, China, 6th centtury

34. Vairochana Buddhas.7th c., China 49ft high 2-5th century Bamiyan, Afghanistan. 180 ft high.

35. Parinirvana of the Buddha, Sri Lanka, 11th-12th c. 21’ x 46’ long.

37. Thailand: Emerald Buddha (Buddha as King) 15th c.

38. USA: Nam June Paik (1932-2006)TV Buddha, 1974

39. Seated Buddha, Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo

40. Seated Buddha. Iconography (symbolism): Meditation: act of concentrating mind on something deeply and carefully.

43. Tibetan Mandala

44. Map of Thailand Kowloon urban night scene (samsara).

45. Wat (temple) Si Chum, Sukhothai, Thailand. Access to Enlightenment => on path to Nirvana

46. Sukhothai BuddhaWat Si Chum, Thailand

47. Giant Buddha at Sukhothai, northern Thailand.

48. Nun praying next to gold-fingered Buddha.

49. Rooftop view of the Buddha. Sukhothai.

50. Origins Hinduism Buddhism Taoism Shintoism Essence Koan practice ZEN AND BUDDHISM Mu Ch'i "Six Persimmons" Painting Southern Song Later 13th c. Ink on paper. 14 1/4". Elemental.