{"id":6606,"date":"2024-05-27T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T01:42:34","slug":"hakuin-ekaku-bad-but-good-zen-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?p=6606","title":{"rendered":"Hakuin Ekaku: Bad but Good Zen Paintings."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumb710 wp-image-6613\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-710x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-710x373.jpg 710w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-530x278.jpg 530w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-565x297.jpg 565w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063-725x381.jpg 725w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0ca4612cc88d093e42663c140b441063.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\"\/>During the Edo period, a genre known as Zen painting became popular. These paintings were created by Zen monks who, while not professional artists, used art to convey the essence of Zen in an accessible manner. The focus was not on artistic skill, but on clearly communicating Zen teachings.<\/p>\n<p>Among these monks, <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/?glossary=hakuin-ekaku\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Hakuin Ekaku<\/a> and Sengai Gibon are particularly famous. Their Zen paintings, though simple in technique, possess a profound and unique charm. Even those who are not well-versed in art can appreciate the cuteness and friendliness of these works.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6611\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6611\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/00d952ca4aa84593f6fa7488b45fcc9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/00d952ca4aa84593f6fa7488b45fcc9b.jpg 610w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/00d952ca4aa84593f6fa7488b45fcc9b-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/00d952ca4aa84593f6fa7488b45fcc9b-530x318.jpg 530w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/00d952ca4aa84593f6fa7488b45fcc9b-565x339.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hakuin Ekaku&rsquo;s Work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6610\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6610\" src=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6f9d621ef482d4cd0b35f2558013430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6f9d621ef482d4cd0b35f2558013430.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6f9d621ef482d4cd0b35f2558013430-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6f9d621ef482d4cd0b35f2558013430-530x479.jpg 530w, https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/b6f9d621ef482d4cd0b35f2558013430-565x511.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sengai Gibon&rsquo;s Work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the fascinating world of Zen paintings by Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Edo period, a genre known as Zen painting became popular. These paintings were created by Zen monks who, while not professional artists, used art to convey the essence of Zen in an accessible manner. The focus was not on artistic skill, but on clearly communicating Zen teachings. Among these monks, Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon are particularly famous. Their Zen paintings, though simple in technique, possess a profound and unique charm. Even those who are not well-versed in art can appreciate the cuteness and friendliness of these works. We hope you enjoy the fascinating world of Zen paintings by Hakuin Ekaku and Sengai Gibon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/854c247175d945bbb795f7b28b945238.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shoga.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}