“Man'yōshū (万葉集, man'yōshū?, "Coleção das Dez Mil Folhas") é a mais antiga coleção da poesia japonesa, compilada em torno de 759 d.C., durante o período Nara. Seções desta coleção estão preservadas na biblioteca da Universidade Colúmbia. A antologia é uma das mais reverenciadas dentre as compilações poéticas japonesas. Acredita-se que o compilador seja Ōtomo no Yakamochi , apesar de inúmeras outras teorias terem sido propostas. A coletânea contém poemas de 347[1] a 759 d.C,[2] a maioria deles representando o período posterior a 600. A coletânea é dividida em vinte partes ou livros; este número se manteve na maior parte das coletâneas posteriores. A coletânea contém 265 chōka (長歌, poemas longos?), 4.207 tankas (短歌, poemas curtos?), um tan-renga (短連歌, curto poema conectivo?), um bussokusekika (仏足石歌?) (poemas sobre os caminhos de Buda no Yakushi-ji em Nara, quatro kanshi (poemas chineses), e 22 passagens de prosa chinesa. Diferentemente de outras coletâneas, como a Kokin Wakashū, não há prefácio.

Esta é a primeira grande coleção de poesia nativa do Japão, e foi escrita em caracteres chineses, no final do século VIII “ “ The Man'yōshū (万葉集, literally "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves", but see § Name below) is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in a series of compilers, is today widely believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been proposed. The last datable poem in the collection is from AD 759 (#4516[1]). It contains many poems from much earlier, many of them anonymous or misattributed (usually to well-known poets), but the bulk of the collection represents the period between AD 600 and 759. The precise significance of the title is not known with certainty. The collection is divided into twenty parts or books; this number was followed in most later collections. The collection contains 265 chōka (long poems), 4,207 tanka (short poems), one tan-renga (short connecting poem), one bussokusekika (a poem in the form 5-7-5-7-7-7; named for the poems inscribed on the Buddha's footprints at Yakushi-ji in Nara), four kanshi (Chinese poems), and 22 Chinese prose passages. Unlike later collections, such as the Kokin Wakashū, there is no preface.The Man'yōshū is widely regarded as being a particularly unique Japanese work. This does not mean that the poems and passages of the collection differed starkly from the scholarly standard (in Yakamochi's time) of Chinese literature and poetics. Certainly many entries of the Man'yōshū have a continental tone, earlier poems having Confucian or Taoist themes and later poems reflecting on Buddhist teachings. Yet, the Man'yōshū is singular, even in comparison with later works, in choosing primarily Ancient Japanese themes, extolling Shintō virtues of forthrightness (真 makoto) and virility (masuraoburi). In addition, the language of many entries of the Man'yōshū exerts a powerful sentimental appeal to readers...” < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB>

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Compassion mandala in Tibetan calligraphy - by  Jigme Wangchuck

Wisdom Path traces a series of 38 wooden steles (upright monuments) containing verses from the centuries-old Heart Sutra — one of the world’s best-known prayers revered by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists alike. These steles display the Chinese version of the prayer, based on the calligraphy of famous contemporary scholar Professor Jao Tsung-I, and are arranged in a ∞ pattern, which represents infinity. #hongkong, #lantau, #buddha, #budhism, #travel, #tourist, #hkig, #lantauisland, #localiiz, #kensdigitalmultimedia, #wooden

Budha statue in Vung Tau Province, VietNam

Takato Yamamoto 

by  Takato Yamamoto

By  Takato Yamamoto

Takato Yamamoto

Illustrations from Grass Labyrinth by Kyōka Izumik

Déchire la peau épaisse Qui pèse sur mes épaules Détache-la pour moi Membre par membre Pièce par pièce Je veux te montrer qui je suis Au delà de mon corps Au delà de ma chair Te laisser entrevoir Mes éctats limpides Non humains

Regarde-moi Tel que je suis Et accepte-moi Ne les laisse pas Me voler mon âme Ne les laisse pas la ternir

Cover art from album Kodama - Alcest. Alcest is my favourite metalband from france. Kodama was inspire inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke.

this artwork was inspired too by Takato yamamoto, and made by http://www.fortifem.fr/

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My blog’s name is inspired by this movie : hanezu no tsuki of Naomi Kawase

Hanezu no tsuki (Naomi Kawase, 2011)

濤図屏風 Rough Waves - by Ogata Kōrin, 1704-’09

Gautama Buddha Grotto | norsez

A woman creates a fishing net in a small village near Phan Rang.