1. Translation of：Zen, Meister der Meditation in Bildern und Schriften. Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-345) and index.
2. Helmut Brinker is professor of East Asian art history at Zurich University and consultant of the Museum Rietberg Zurich.
3. Hiroshi Kanazawa is professor in the Department of Science of Art at Kyoto University of Art and Design.
關鍵詞
Japan; Kyoto; Painting; Calligraphy; Zen Buddhism in art; Zen Buddhism in literature
摘要
The old "Masters of Meditation," Zenji, liked to talk to their followers and disciples in similes and metaphors. They confronted and provoked them with seemingly obvious images drawn from daily life and with enigmatic teachings. In the "ink traces," bokuseki, of their brush and in the portraits, chinzo, the characters and substance of the masters are revealed most poignantly, and both served the Zen adherents to absorb word and spirit of their religious paragons, enabling them to transmit their teachings faithfully.
