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Slam Dunk's Takehiko Inoue's Buddhist Folding Screen on Display

posted on by Eric Stimson
Commemorates deathday of important Kamakura-era monk

In March 2011, manga artist Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Vagabond, REAL) drew an illustration on a folding screen for the East Hongan Temple in Kyoto. The screen depicts the important Buddhist monk Shinran, founder of the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) sect. Shinran died in 1263, and the temple requested the artwork to commemorate his 750th death anniversary. The screen contains twelve panels: on the right, Shinran is seen with a crowd of distraught commoners, and on the left, he sits serenely with some birds.

The panel is usually not available for public viewing, but it will be displayed from November 1 to 3 at East Hongan Temple's Shōsei Garden. The garden will also display a private worship chamber produced by mid-20th century woodblock artist Shikō Munakata.

Inoue's interest in traditional Japanese arts and crafts has also led him to produce the world's largest sheet of Japanese paper, which he used in an exhibit honoring Spanish artist Antoni Gaudí.

[Via Sankei West]


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