August 2023

Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

Some images are used in the following blog posts:

• Embracing imperfections: Kintsugi and the story of my teapot
• East and West: Finding common grounds in distinct artistic traditions
• From Gothic to Zen: Comparing medieval Western and Eastern wooden sculptures

Tea ceramics

I used some of the images in this blog post and in this Mastodon postꜛ.

Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Some images are further described in the following Mastodon posts:

• Medieval Images 1 and 2

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst

Some images are further described in the following Mastodon posts:

• Raijin and Karura statue
• Usagi Kannon
• A festival scene in Kyōto
• Amida Buddha hanging scroll
• Bodhidharma by Ashikaga Yoshimochi
• Death of Buddha
• Ensō by Ikeda
• A lantern catching fire and shows the face of Oiwa by Hokusai
• The ghost of the maid Okiku by Hokusai
• Yase Onna mask
• 45th station: Shōno by Horishige
• The war of the twelve zodiac animals
• Yokohama exhibition by Naoya Hatakeyama
• Tiger and Dragon Byōbu

Schnütgen Museum

Some images are further described in the following Mastodon posts:

• Memento Mori: Zizenhausen Danse Macabre
• Memento Mori brooch