ART HIS 42C Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Hanging Scroll, Muromachi Period, Handscroll
18 Apr 2019
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Zen (chan)=chinese term for buddhism during muromachi period. Teaches you that everything you see is an illusion. Words are suspect and official teachings are suspect. There isn"t sutra texts, the religious practice of beautifully copying the characters. Not the typical european meaning of nothingness that goes along with despair. Eccentric hermits, elevated to divine status, avatars of buddhas and bodhisattvas made with ink, brush and paper. Portrait with a special function, of a zen monk right before their death. Piece of paper is glued to fabric backing. The date of the painting and name of the collector. You can destroy the painting if you hang it for years. Its not design to hold its own weight. Hanging scroll and hand scroll are different because hand scroll rolls horizontally. Daruma is legendary founder of zen buddhism. Daruma was a indian who came to china. Cut his eyelids off so he has bulging eyeballs. Japan was ruled by a shoulder, yosemoti.
