荷花香 — 唐招提寺賞荷記 He hua xiang: Tangzhaotisi shang he ji (Lotus Fragrance: Viewing Lotus Flowers in Toshodaiji Monastery, Nara city, Japan)

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Chor, Louis 左永業

• This essay, in Chinese, introduces the Buddhist monastery Toshodaiji in Nara city, Japan, a UN world heritage. Toshodaiji monastery was established in the mid-8th century by Monk Jianzhen (Monk Ganjin) who was invited to come to Japan from China. The main theme, however, is on the lotus flowers blooming in July 2000 in its gardens. The method of hollow-body dry lacquer sculpture (脱活乾漆, or 夾紵) used during that period is also described.

• Date created

  2000

• Subjects / Keywords

  • 夾紵
  • Monk Ganjin
  • Hollow dry lacquer sculpture
  • Jianzhen (Buddhist monk)
  • Toshodaiji Monastery, Nara city
  • 荷花
  • 奈良
  • 鑒真
  • 唐招提寺
  • Buddhism, Japan
  • 鑑真大和上
  • Lotus flowers
  • 脱活乾漆
  • Nara city, Japan
  • Summer 2000
  • Japan, Nara

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3CF9J66C

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International