Intro to Asian Art
board of topics and things I find either interesting or want to come back to from this class
Intro to Asian Art
Hachiman
Hachiman - Wikipedia
Ardhanarishvara is depicted as half-male and half-female, equally split down the middle.
Ardhanarishvara
shiva-shakti
In the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra , Vairocana is described as having attained enlightenment immeasurable ages ago and residing in a world purified by him while he was a bodhisattva. He also presides over an assembly of countless other bodhisattvas.
Vairocana
When Himiko passed away, a great mound was raised, more than a hundred paces in diameter. Over a hundred male and female attendants followed her to the grave.
Himiko
Himiko (卑弥呼; c. 170–247/248 AD), also known as the Shingi Waō (親魏倭王; "Ruler of Wa, Friend of Wei"),[3][a][b] was a shamaness-queen of Yamatai-koku
Himiko
jakatas- stories of the buddha’s past lives
Yakshinis or Yakshis (Sanskrit: यक्षिणी, IAST: Yakṣinī or Yakṣī, Prakrit: Yakkhiṇī or Yakkhī) are a class of female nature spirits in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious mythologies that are different from Devas and Asuras and Gandharvas or Apsaras.
Yakshini
“Buddhist myth of a lake at the Earth’s center, with each animal (bull, lion, elephant, and horse) channeling a stream through its mouth to one of the four corners of the world.”