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Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 18th, '12, 03:06
by Tead Off
Bodhidharma, Daruma, Dharma, are popular in Korea, too. Many paintings in the Zen tradition depict him in various ways. China, Korea, Japan, all have a tradition concerning him. This is a painting from my collection by Jung Gwang, the Mad Monk of Korea.
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Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 18th, '12, 07:05
by Drax
Ooh, that's a spectacular drawing, TO! I love the mountain-like countenance... awesome.
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 18th, '12, 11:42
by Tead Off
Drax wrote:Ooh, that's a spectacular drawing, TO! I love the mountain-like countenance... awesome.
Lots of fun Dharma paintings by Jung Gwang. He had a real sense of humour.
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 20th, '12, 16:00
by gingkoseto
The Jung Gwang's painting is fabulous! Would love to see more
By the way, is Jung Gwang same as Jung Kwang (a name I saw in googling)?
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 00:17
by Tead Off
gingkoseto wrote:The Jung Gwang's painting is fabulous! Would love to see more
By the way, is Jung Gwang same as Jung Kwang (a name I saw in googling)?
Yes, different spelling. Here's another one:
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Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 11:47
by gingkoseto
Tead Off wrote:
Yes, different spelling. Here's another one:
These are great! I imagine it must be an enjoyment to watch him painting, and probably he ends the piece by painting the eyes.
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 13:09
by Tead Off
He's not with us any longer. Passed away in 2002. I watched him paint several times. He would attack the paper like Zorro and in less than a minute, out popped the finished piece. I can't remember if the eyes were last. He was unconventional and thrown out of the Buddhist order that he was ordained in when he refused to give up smoking and drinking.
Today, when you mention his name to Koreans, they always smile. Never fails. He was famous and everyone knew who he was. 2 years ago, I was at a tea farm in Gorye, near Jiri Mountain. We were drinking tea with the teamaster there, a woman in her late 50's. I asked her if she knew who Jung Gwang was. She pointed at the far wall in the tea room and there was a painting of his hanging there. He used to visit her and drink tea at the same table we were sitting at on the floor.
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 16:11
by gingkoseto
Tead Off wrote:He was unconventional and thrown out of the Buddhist order that he was ordained in when he refused to give up smoking and drinking.
I like it
The Buddhist rules are not the same from place to place anyway
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 16:19
by gingkoseto
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 19:59
by Drax
Wow, that's a great collection of different styles of daruma... I'd love to see something like that in book form with a description of the history of the different styles, that's really neat!
It does look like a bunch of names, probably of cities. One of the larger banners says "nihon zenkoku" (or "all of Japan").
Hrm, it looks like a lot of them have orange vertical (curved) stripes, or some variation. Any idea if those represent anything? (other than folds in the robe, or something like that)
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 20:44
by Chip
Tead Off wrote:He's not with us any longer. Passed away in 2002. I watched him paint several times. He would attack the paper like Zorro and in less than a minute, out popped the finished piece. I can't remember if the eyes were last. He was unconventional and thrown out of the Buddhist order that he was ordained in when he refused to give up smoking and drinking.
Today, when you mention his name to Koreans, they always smile. Never fails. He was famous and everyone knew who he was. 2 years ago, I was at a tea farm in Gorye, near Jiri Mountain. We were drinking tea with the teamaster there, a woman in her late 50's. I asked her if she knew who Jung Gwang was. She pointed at the far wall in the tea room and there was a painting of his hanging there. He used to visit her and drink tea at the same table we were sitting at on the floor.
... maybe one day, she will sit with someone and say, "Tead Off sat where you are sitting, and we shared tea."
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Apr 21st, '12, 22:58
by Tead Off
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Aug 26th, '12, 20:46
by Takarabune
First off, loving this thread! Secondly, here's my antique kashigata (Japanese sweet mold).
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Aug 26th, '12, 21:49
by tinols
When I took 3 yrs of Japanese back in high school, each year, the whole class had one daruma doll. We would discuss what our goals were and write them on the back of the doll and then fill one eye with a black marker, then fill the other eye ones the goals' reached(end of the year). Our sensei said that if the goals weren't reached and if it's too late to reach it, then the daruma doll had to be set on fire... I forget why. Very neat little figures! I like how it stands up by itself even if you make it fall over.
Re: Daruma figures
Posted: Aug 27th, '12, 06:14
by Drax
Takarabune wrote:here's my antique kashigata (Japanese sweet mold).
Oooh, very neat! Do you actually make any sweets with the mold, or is it for display only?
So tinols, did you end up with a double-eyed daruma, or a piece of charcoal?