Ryugin Dragon Tiger

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Ryuugin 龍吟 ryugin

There is a famous Chinese proverb

ryuugin koshoo 龍吟虎嘯　

龍吟雲起　虎嘯風生
りゅうぎんずれば くもおこり　
とらうそぶけば かぜしょうず

When the dragon sings, clouds are arising.
When the tiger roars, wind is coming.




Calendar for the year 2010







source :　dottailor.jugem.jp

leather jacket with this motive



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dragon and tiger -
rain and wind and
Japanese art

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Cloud Dragon Wind Tiger - CD




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kozure ookami　子ずれ狼

Lone Wolf and Cub 7:
Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger




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There is more than just blood between parent and child.
Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro have seen more blood flowing from more bodies than anyone in Edo, but what connects them is their spirit and their path. In this collection of classic stories, Itto must protect a young girl after her family is destroyed by a cunning courtesan.

Meanwhile, Itto's archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, has sent the civilian police force to round up the Lone Wolf as a common criminal, and before long, Daigoro is coincidentally tangled in a messy pair of crimes. And, most dramatically,
Itto returns to the scene of one of his past executions to enter a tender and honorable sword fight against an executed lord's former retainer.
source : digital.darkhorse.com


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Ryuuginji 龍吟寺 Temples named Ryugin-Ji
temple of the singing dragon

青森県西津軽郡深浦町大字風合瀬字中砂子川９８
Aomori

竜吟寺 （浄土宗）鳥取県鳥取市 in Tottori

北海道函館市湯川町３丁目３５−５ Hakodate, Hokkaido


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Ryooginan 龍吟庵 Ryogin-An
Hall of the Singing Dragon

京都府京都市東山区本町15丁目812

東福寺龍吟庵（とうふくじ りょうぎんあん）

The famous stone garden at the temple Tofuku-Ji (Toofukuji 東福寺) Ryogin-An was created by the master gardener Shigemori Mirei.

. 東福寺龍吟庵 Tofuku-Ji, Ryogin-An.

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Ryuugin 龍吟 restaurant Ryugin
Roppongi, Tokyo






日本料理 龍吟（りゅうぎん）
港区六本木7-17-24 サイド六本木ビル　1F

source :　hime-ameblo

They have laquer ware and pottery with dragon motives.


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. Dragon Temples 　.


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Tiger and Dragon

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© Asianart.com
Taoism and the Arts of China. Exhibition Catalogue.
© Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/taoism/

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Two Panels from a Sarcophagus:
Tiger and Dragon



Northern Wei dynasty, c 500/534
Limestone with traces of pigment and gilding
Tiger panel 71.2 x 228.6 cm;
dragon panel: 68.6 x 228.6 cm

© Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

Asian Art Museum San Francisco
Exhibition February 21 - May 13, 2001

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Daruma Museum, Japan

Tiger Buddha

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Shakyamuni Buddha and the Tiger

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Ox, rabbit, rat, and tiger



"The ox, rabbit, rat, and tiger traveled together to the mountains and when it was too cold the ox carried the rabbit and rat on its back through the mountains and down to the sea. The tiger and the rabbit decided to walk around the sea and faced many dangers and hardships. But with the luck of the rabbit and the strength of the tiger, they reached the Jade City finishing fourth and third."

The Far East has a 12-year calendar system in which each year is named for an animal:
rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, bird, dog and pig.
The twelve are said to be those which came to attend Buddha when he passed into Nirvana.

Read more about Animal Mythology
© Copyright 1998-2006 Khandro.Net

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Buddha entering Nirvana

Fifty classes of beings assembled, from myriad bodhisattvas to infinite numbers of bees and insects ...

Buddha Sakyamuni lay down on his right side [dying] his head placed in the north and his feet south. His face facing west and his back east, he immediately entered four stages of meditation, and attained Parinirvana ...

Thereupon, the arhats, who were in the state of complete freedom from worldly attachment, forgot their rule of asceticism; bodhisattvas, who were making efforts to reach a higher state of bodhisattvahood, let go their wisom of knowing the brirthlessness of myriad beings. Guhyapada threw away his vajra staff and howled into the sky. Great Brahma threw away his net and collapsed on the ground.

The king of myriad lions threw himself on the ground and wailed. The water birds, wild geese, and ducks felt deep sorrow. Lion, tiger, boor, and deer all stood hoof-to-hoof, forgetting to attack one another. Gibbons and dogs saddened by grief dropped their heads; ... the great earth shook and quaked; the great mountains collapsed; plants and trees, groves and forest, all cried out their grief.
Myoe, Koben (1173-1232), Rules of Liturgy

Quote from a charming site about vegetables
© Yasai Nehan (Vegetable Nirvana)

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For one to become a lefthome person, one must have planted good roots in past lives.

One time Buddha Shakyamuni tested his student's ability to decide whether to accept an old man who asked to be a monk. An Arhat is capable of knowing a being's past lifetimes over many lifetimes. All of the Buddha's Arhat students doomed the old man as a prospect, because they thought that he had no connection with Buddhism in his past lives.

Shakyamuni then announced that many aeons ago, this old man was a woodchopper. One day when he ran into a tiger on the mountain, he climbed up a tree to escape, calling out, "Namo Buddha" (Homage to the Buddha) for help. With only those few words, the old man planted his good roots. In this life, he became a monk as he had wished and later attained his Arhatship.

Read the full story
Dharma Teaching. Master Chin Kung

© Master Chin Kung

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The Candle of the Latter Dharma, Attributed to Saicho

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However, the point under discussion here concerns the fact that in the Latter Dharma, there are only nominal Bhikshus. These nominal Bhikshus are the True Treasures of the world. There are no other field of merit where one can plant merit.
Furthermore, if someone were to keep the precepts in the Latter Dharma, this would be exceedingly strange indeed. It would be like a tiger in the marketplace.
Who could believe it?
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© Lotus Sutra Study Center

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Tiger, the Four Sleepers
Dragon Gallery

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Daruma Museum, Japan

Tiger Four Sleepers

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The tiger is well known in the art of China and even Japan.

Here is a Daruma riding a Tiger from my collection of Fushimi Clay Dolls.



The figure may in fact be Bukan.
虎に乗っているのは中国の禅僧豊干（ぶかん）

Bukan's name in Chinese is Feng-Kan and this Zen eccentric is maybe best known from the picture of the "Four Sleepers", Feng-Kan leaning on his tiger together with Han-shan and Shih-Te (Kanzan, Jittoku in Japanese). This picture is generally interpreted as symbolizing the absolute tranquillity of the universe for those who have attained Enlightenment. Bukan being in full controll of the tiger also signifies a human being in full control of its passions and emotions.

Since Bukan liked to ride his tiger around the monastery to shock other simpler folks, I guess the doll is indeed Bukan and not Daruma. But whoever he is, it's a beautifully made piece of folk art and a great item of my collection. The face of the tiger is just unique.

Read more : Clay Dolls from Fushimi, Bukan and Daruma

Gabi Greve, February 2006


. Tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅　Tiger Toys .


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The Four Sleepers, shisui　四睡

The Four Sleepers is a theme which shows Feng-kan and his tiger, and Han-shan and Shih-te all immersed in deep slumber. It seems to have enjoyed considerable popularity among Ch'an and Zen painters.

There seems to be no Chinese text which gives us a clue to the meaning of this unusual and appealing theme. In Japan, it is generally interpreted as symbolizing the absolute tranquillity of the universe for those who have attained Enlightenment.



The Four Sleepers
attr. to Mokuan Reien, 14 C. Muromachi

The painting bears a seal of the artist and a colophon reading as follows:

Old Feng-kan embraces his tiger and sleeps,
All huddled together with Shih-te and Han-shan
They dream their big dream, which lingers on,
While a frail old tree clings to the bottom of the cold precipice.
Shao-mu of the Hsiang-fu [temple] salutes with folded hands.

-from Zen Painting and Calligraphy
by J. Fontein and M.L. Hickman

© http://www.coldbacon.com/foursleepers.html

黙庵「四睡図」(前田育徳会)

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The Chinese Tang dynasty monk Fengkan was known for his odd habit of riding a tiger to shock his fellow monks at the Guoching Temple.



Attributed to KANO Motonobu (1476-1559)
Japan, 16th century
pair of hanging scrolls
H.56.0 cm, W.110.5 cm

The monk Shide ("shee-duh") was a man who Fengkan discovered and brought to the temple, and who himself recruited poet-to-be Hanshan by giving him leftover rice. The right hand scroll of this pair shows Fengkan sitting on the back of his tiger, while the left shows Shide holding a broom as Hanshan smiles.

Though there are many works of Zen ink painting showing these three characters, examples depicting them in a landscape background on a pair of scrolls are quite rare. These paintings have long been ascribed to Kano Motonobu(1476-1559), but the composition follows an older style related to folding screens painted with flowers and birds. The great tension found in this work demonstrates the strength of pictorial art in ink before the formulaic approach of the Kano school was developed.

© Fukuoka Art Museum
http://www.fukuoka-art-museum.jp/english/ec/html/ec03/01/bukan.html

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Zen Master Bukan with Tiger
by Ko Ryuko (1801-1859)
Dimensions (inches) : 15.00" (width) x 51.00" (height)



The Chinese Zen eccentric, Bukan, was a sidekick of Kanzan and Jittoku. Bukan had a pet tiger and often the four friends—Kanzan, Jittoku, Bukan, and the tiger—are portrayed as the "Four Sleepers," napping peacefully in Zen repose. Here, however, Bukan is by himself, hanging out deep in the mountains with his tiger buddy. Like Kanzan and Jittoku, Bukan represents Zen freedom and spontaneity, and harmony with (buddha-)nature.

About the Artist
Ko Ryuko, born in what is now Fukushima Prefecture, studied painting with the master Tani Buncho in Edo (now Tokyo). He later settled in Kyoto, where he became well-known as an artist. On occasion, Ryuko brushed Zenga and this is one of his most charming pieces.

© 2004 Shambhala Publications

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© Michael Hofmann BUKAN zenji
calligraphy : Jikihara Gyokusei
http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~ttstudio/hof-02.html


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可翁筆「豊干禅師図」



© Copyright 1996 the University Museum, the University of Tokyo

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Kanzan and Jittoku 寒山拾得 Daruma Museum

Tiger Archives of this DRAGON Gallery


Tiger a kigo for haiku トラ　とら　虎　寅

... World Kigo Database ...

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