by Mayumi Oda
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A second Heart Sutra composition by Mayumi Oda, this one paired with taro — the root vegetable (Colocasia esculenta) cultivated across the Pacific and Asia for thousands of years and central to Hawaiian culture as kalo, the sacred food that sustains life. In Oda's Hawaiian period, taro acquired specific spiritual significance: the kalo is considered in Hawaiian tradition to be the elder sibling of the human race, grown from the same divine ancestor. The Heart Sutra paired with taro thus brings together Buddhist non-duality and Hawaiian ecological spirituality in a composition that reflects Oda's deepening engagement with Pacific indigenous traditions after her move to Hawaii.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50) was created by Mayumi Oda (小田真由美).
Heart Sutra with Taro (21/50) depicts religious.
