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Monk Procession by Nantembo
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Begging Monks
Zen monks have been setting off from their temples in the morning in identically-dressed
columns to beg, chanting as they go, for centuries. The image hadn't been painted much,
but was turned into its delightful modern form by the great Nantembo, and picked up and
continued by many others, particularly Kasumi Buncho. Sometimes you just get them facing
towards you, but I particularly like the coming and going scroll-pairs. The way the feet are
drawn on the monks going away from us has always reminded me rather of the British
newspaper comic strip Andy Capp. The appeal I think is in the control of the tones, the
rhythms of the lines and shapes.
backwards: Enso
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by Deiryu
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a pair by Kasumi Buncho
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