Nakahara Nantenbō
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, also known as Tōjū Zenchū, Tōshū Zenchū 鄧州全忠, and as Nantenbō Tōjū, was a
Japanese Zen :''See also Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai school, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan'' Japanese Zen refers to the Japanese forms of Zen, Zen Buddhism, an orig ...
Master. In his time known as a fiery reformer, he was also a prolific and accomplished artist. He produced many fine examples of Zen Art and helped bridge the gap between older forms of Zen
Buddhist art Buddhist art is visual art produced in the context of Buddhism. It includes Buddha in art, depictions of Gautama Buddha and other Buddhas and bodhisattvas in art, Buddhas and bodhisattvas, notable Buddhist figures both historical and mythical, ...
and its continuation in the 20th century.


See also

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Buddhist art in Japan Buddhism played an important role in the development of Japanese art between the 6th and the 16th centuries. Buddhist art and Buddhist religious thought came to Japan from China through Korea. Buddhist art was encouraged by Crown Prince Shōtoku ...
* Bokuseki


References

* Mohr, Michel. 1996. Monastic Tradition and Lay Practice from the Perspective of Nantenbō: A Response of Japanese Zen Buddhism to Modernity. ''Zen Buddhism Today'' 12, 63–89. * Mohr, Michel. 1998. Japanese Zen Schools and the Transition to Meiji: A Plurality of Responses in the Nineteenth Century. ''Japanese Journal of Religious Studies'': Special Issue on Meiji Zen 25, no. 1–2: 167–213.


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''Nakahara Nantenbō''
by Matthew Welch in ''The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen, Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters'' Eds. Audrey Yoshiko Seo with Stephen Addiss. (c) 1988
''中原南天棒''
Kotobank (in Japanese) 19th-century Japanese calligraphers Japanese Zen Buddhists Buddhist artists 1839 births 1925 deaths 19th-century Japanese painters 20th-century Japanese painters {{Japan-artist-stub