Indian mythical tiles from Japan
It was really by chance that I visited the Mosaic Tile Museum of Tajimi, where the…
21 January 2021It was really by chance that I visited the Mosaic Tile Museum of Tajimi, where the…
by tomomi.paromita 21 January 2021I was going to end the posts on Goze with the last post, but then I…
by tomomi.paromita 17 January 2021This is in continuation from the previous post on Goze, the female shaman-minstrels who lived on…
by tomomi.paromita 13 January 2021“Goze” refers to visually challenged women who used to live by singing at the doors with…
by tomomi.paromita 8 January 2021There is a genre of Japanese Buddhist hymns called Wasan. Most of the Buddhist Sutras, coming…
by tomomi.paromita 3 January 2021One day I saw a pair of Oshira deities at a museum in Morioka. One was…
by tomomi.paromita 26 December 2020I never really explained this painting, painted last year in 2019, thinking that it is kind…
by tomomi.paromita 22 December 2020The architect of this splendid mansion is in this house itself. The pillars of bones, canopy…
by tomomi.paromita 17 November 2020O my tongue, sing the name of Hari. Hare Krishna Hare! I have served you for…
by tomomi.paromita 20 September 2020This is not a translation, but I just thought I might write about my paternal grandmother.…
by tomomi.paromita 14 August 2020