painting – Jinajik

2017-08-132018-01-20

Sinclair (2016), The appearance of tantric monasticism in Nepal

Iain Sinclair. 2016. ‘The appearance of tantric monasticism in Nepal: a history of the public image and fasting ritual of Newar Buddhism, 980-1380’. Monash University, Melbourne: PhD diss. 418 pp., 90 illustrations, 27 tables. DOI:10.4225/03/58ab8cadcf152

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2017-07-292018-01-20

Dina Bangdel (1965–2017)

Dr Dina Bangdel (5.12.1965–25?.7.2017) is well known among Nepal specialists as a historian of religious art. Her 1999 dissertation, Manifesting the Mandala, and co-authored 2003 exhibition catalogue, Circle of Bliss, emphasised the visual culture of the Cakrasamvara cycle in Newar Buddhism, which is traditionally kept secret. Dr Bangdel had been planning to show a selection of this and related art on a world-travelling exhibition and was scheduled to speak at the “New Research on Newar Buddhism” panel at IABS. This week Dr Bangdel passed away, reportedly after complications following surgery. She is survived by her husband Bibhakar Shakya and two children.

(Added 2018/1/20:) ‘Remembering scholars of Nepalese Art Mary Slusser and Dina Bangdel’ (Rubin Museum of Art)

Aryatara — Tamang, ‘Green Tara’ (Bangdel 2016, fig.6)

2017-03-302017-08-15

Bühnemann (2015), Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī (lumbinīyātrā)

Bühnemann, Gudrun. 2015. Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī ( lumbinīyātrā ): A Study of a Popular Theme in Newar Buddhist Art and Literature. Bhairawaha, Nepal: Lumbini International Research Institute. 108 pp. ISBN: 978-9937-2-9462-1

OCLC: 922971246. Vendor: amazon.com.

Buehnemann - Shakyamuni's Return Journey to Lumbini — Bühnemann (2015), Śākyamuni’s Return Journey to Lumbinī

2012-08-222012-08-22

Rhie et al, ‘Tibetan Tangkas in the Mead Art Museum’ (2012)

Marylin M. Rhie; Robert A. F. Thurman, contrib.; Maria R. Heim, contrib.; Paola Zamperini, contrib.; Camille Myers Breeze, contrib. Picturing Enlightenment: Tibetan Tangkas in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. Amherst: Mead Art Museum, August 2012. 152 pp. 71 color illus. USD$34.95. ISBN 978-0-914337-34-8. [official site]

“This lavishly illustrated book with an extensive catalogue and three essays by noted scholars, [sic] introduces the outstanding collection of eighteen Tibetan paintings in the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.” (Exhibition Catalogue.)

Bhagavan Kalacakra — Bhagavān Kālacakra. 18th c. Mead Art Museum 1952.33.

2012-05-232012-05-28

Tanaka, ‘Art of Thangka 6’ (2012)

田中公明『チベット仏敎絵画集成 : タンカの芸術ハンビッツ文化財団蔵』第6卷臨川書店; ハンビッツ文化財団 15,750円

Tanaka, Kimiaki (ed.), Rolf W. Giebel (tr.) Art of Thangka: From the Hahn Kwang-ho Collection. Volume 6. Kyoto/Seoul: Rinsen Book Co. & The Hahn Cultural Foundation, 2012. 266 pp. ISBN-13: 978-4653041245 [amazon.jp / rakuten.co.jp]

Tanaka_2012_ArtOfThangka6_Kumnye-p238 — An illustrated Kum nye manuscript (p.238).

2009-08-122017-08-18

Ekai Kawaguchi’s Art Collection

Ekai Kawaguchi (26.3.1866–24.3.1945) Collection 「河口慧海請来チベット資料」. Tohoku University: http://webdb2.museum.tohoku.ac.jp/data_base/tounitibi/ekai/.

NB: A detailed catalogue of the collection was published by Kimiaki Tanaka 田中公明: 『詳解河口慧海コレクション―チベット・ネパール仏教美術』, 佼成出版社, 1990) [OCLC: 673702954; amazon.co.jp].