Baramon, from the Kannon Sutra
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Baramon — a Brahmin, one of the forms that Kannon assumes in the Kannon Sutra to bring salvation to different beings — appears in this 1938 print from Munakata's engagement with the text. In the Lotus Sutra's twenty-fifth chapter, Kannon manifests in thirty-three different forms — from gods to generals, monks to women — to meet each being in the form most appropriate to their salvation. Munakata's interest in this doctrinal framework was not merely theological: the thirty-three forms provided him with thirty-three distinct figure subjects, each with a different human and divine character to render through his carving.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Baramon, from the Kannon Sutra was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1938.
Baramon, from the Kannon Sutra depicts temples & shrines and religious.