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Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu
Black Robe White Mist Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu
Author: Melanie Eastburn, Lucie Folan, Robyn Maxwell
Rengetsu (1791-1875), whose name translates as Lotus Moon, was a Japanese Buddhist nun whose tragic life inspired extraordinary creativity. One of a very few successful female artists in nineteenth-century Japan, Rengetsu was primarily a poet and calligrapher, but also excelled in pottery and scroll painting. Her idiosyncratic personal aesthetic...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780642541390
ISBN-10: 0642541396
Pages: 148
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Publisher: National Gallery of Australia
Book Type: Paperback
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