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…
I was going to end the posts on Goze with the last post, but then I…
This is in continuation from the previous post on Goze, the female shaman-minstrels who lived on…
“Goze” refers to visually challenged women who used to live by singing at the doors with…
There is a genre of Japanese Buddhist hymns called Wasan. Most of the Buddhist Sutras, coming…
One day I saw a pair of Oshira deities at a museum in Morioka. One was…
I never really explained this painting, painted last year in 2019, thinking that it is kind…
The architect of this splendid mansion is in this house itself. The pillars of bones, canopy…
O my tongue, sing the name of Hari. Hare Krishna Hare! I have served you for…
This is not a translation, but I just thought I might write about my paternal grandmother.…