• On The Seeds Of Inspiration

    SHUGENDŌ IN-SPIR/IT/ED

    KOBAYASHI SHUMEI

    小林 秀明

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    Before the spread of concepts such as 'religion', 'Shinto', Buddhism',

    there were followers of a mountain-centred animism in Japan

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    宗教、神道、仏教 と言う言葉が浸透する前から
    日本にも山岳を中心にアニミズムの流れを汲む者たちが居た。

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  • Mt Fuji

    World Heritage

    Commemorative Series

  • I was born into a long line of ascetic monks.
    My earliest recollections are of myself in the midst of six old practitioners of the Shugendō sect.
    To achieve an understanding of the universe, ritualistic training was unrelenting from day until night, sometimes gentle, sometimes severe.
    I recall it as the caring nurturing of a lost young lamb.

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    私は先祖代々が行者と言われる家に生まれ物心付いた時には修験道の爺婆6人の 中に在りました。昼夜問わずの修行、天地と同化する為の練習をある時は優しくある時は厳しく、まるで迷える子羊を育てる様に手を尽くしてくれたことを想い出す。

  • Bosatsu #2

    Bosatsu #3

    Bosatsu #4

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    In a world changing at a frighteningly fast pace,

    primitive religions such as these have all but disappeared

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    世界が怖ろしいスピードで変化して行く中で

    これらの原始宗教の殆ど全てが自然淘汰され今日に至る。

     

     

     

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  • Mt Fuji

    Fuji Full Moon

    Fuji Large

  • Dragon

    龍

    As a symbol of enlightenment and guardian of Buddhist law, the dragon is one of the most significant animals in the Buddhist pantheon. It is one of the Four Celestial Emblems, guardian of the East and the rain-giver, bringer of prosperity to humanity and thus, although powerful and fearsome, in contrast to the malevolent European dragon, is seen as just and benevolent, often associated with wealth and good fortune.

     

     

  • Waterfalls

    瀧・滝

    The idea of water, waterfalls, as sacred is one that arises from the understanding of water as a manifestation of Nature - the larger its scale, the greater our feeling of otherworldly grandeur.

    From ancient times, humans have acknowledged water’s scarcity and significance. It is both revered and feared - floods for example - water bursting forth as a manifestation of the unapproachable divine.

     

    On occasion, waterfalls have even been deified.

  • MASTERWORKS

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    四天王

    The Four Heavenly Kings

    Jikokuten

    持国天

    Guardian of the East

    Kōmokuten

    広目天

    Guardian Of The West

    Zōchōten

    増長天

    Guardian of the South

    Tamonten

    多聞天

    Guardian of the North

  • Basara Taishō

    伐折羅大将

    One of the 12 generals that protect the Yakushi Buddha.

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    The Twelve Divine Generals serve and protect Yakushi Nyorai, the healing Buddha, who heals all diseases, including the disease of ignorance. They are also responsible for protecting the faithful and vanquishing the enemies of Buddhism. The generals are usually depicted with ferocious countenances, wearing armor and standing in fighting poses.

  • White Cloud

    Pine

    Cycad

  • An achievement of self awareness will naturally create the state of eyes half closed; and the power of understanding all truths, lies in this state of eyes half closed.

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    人が平常心をもとめ尽くした時、自然に半眼は形づくられるものであるし、この半眼の姿勢は全ての真意を見極める力を有しているのである。

  • Net #1

    Net #2

    Net #3

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    My current way of life lies in attempting to maintain the state of ‘eyes half closed’ as I use the art of tsutsugaki to express my particular creativity, emotions and impressions.

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    出来るなら ばこの半眼の姿勢をたもちつつ、感動や印象・想像を、自分の感性の赴くままに、身に付けたTSUTSUGAKIを用いて表現する、其れが現在の我が生き様である。

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  • PHOTOGRAPHY

    Parallax Photography

    Shannon McGrath

    William Hung

    Nekosuki via Wikimedia Commons

    Suikotei via Wikimedia Commons

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