Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra
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Little known during his lifetime, the Japanese biologist and artist Iwasaki Tsuneo (1917-2002) created a strikingly original and exquisitely intricate body of modern Buddhist artwork. His paintings depict themes ranging from classical Buddhist iconography to majestic views of our universe as revealed by science--all created with the use of painstakingly rendered miniature calligraphies of the
Heart Sutra , one of the most important scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. In this groundbreaking book, Paula Arai presents over fifty of Iwasaki's paintings, elucidating their Buddhist contexts and meanings as well as their intimate connections to Iwasaki's life as a war survivor, teacher, scientist, and devout Buddhist practitioner. Having been posthumously recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Iwasaki's paintings are sure to be regarded as an innovative and heartfelt contribution to the artistic legacy of twentieth-century Buddhism.
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LOC Call Number
NK3637 .I93 A87 2019
ISBN
9781611807561
Publication Date
2019
Department
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Publisher
Shambhala
City
Boulder
Recommended Citation
Arai, Paula Kane Robinson, "Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra" (2019).