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This is Dutch-born author and artist Frederick Franck's seventeenth book, following on the heels of The Zen of Seeing, seeing/drawing as Meditation (Vintage) and Pilgrimage to Now/Here (Orbis Books). According to Professor Masatoshi Doi of Kyoto it was 'logical' that Dr. Franck should write this
Frederick Franck, whose paintings and drawings are in the permanent collections of museums in America, Europe and Japan, holds doctorates in Fine Arts, Medicine and Dentistry. As a doctor he served on the staff of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's legendary hospital in the African forest, and he was the only artist to record Pope John's Vatican council in its entirety. He is also the designer-builder-sculptor of 'Pacem n Terris,' 'a chapel of peace' next to his home in Warwick, NY.
Franck was instrumental in organizing the 1975 American tour of Onisaburo, co-founder of Oomoto and martyr under the fascist regime of pre-war Japan. After several visits to Japan, and after the opportunity of drawing and talking to Oomoto's leaders, he has written an accoount of a religion whose devotion to the traditonal arts of Japan may help to restore our awareness of the common roots of art and religion.
Contents
By way of introduction
Oomoto and the New Religions of Japan
The birth of Oomoto
A visit to Kameoka
The Foundress as a prophet
The shaman of Mount Takakuma
Oomoto, Onisaburo and art
Some notes on Oomoto as a religion
Appendix A short on the tea ceremony and on Noh drama
Bibliography
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essay on a reliigion that sees art as a way of prayer and meditation, 'for he is the only person I could think of who could do it.'Frederick Franck, whose paintings and drawings are in the permanent collections of museums in America, Europe and Japan, holds doctorates in Fine Arts, Medicine and Dentistry. As a doctor he served on the staff of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's legendary hospital in the African forest, and he was the only artist to record Pope John's Vatican council in its entirety. He is also the designer-builder-sculptor of 'Pacem n Terris,' 'a chapel of peace' next to his home in Warwick, NY.
Franck was instrumental in organizing the 1975 American tour of Onisaburo, co-founder of Oomoto and martyr under the fascist regime of pre-war Japan. After several visits to Japan, and after the opportunity of drawing and talking to Oomoto's leaders, he has written an accoount of a religion whose devotion to the traditonal arts of Japan may help to restore our awareness of the common roots of art and religion.
Contents
By way of introduction
Oomoto and the New Religions of Japan
The birth of Oomoto
A visit to Kameoka
The Foundress as a prophet
The shaman of Mount Takakuma
Oomoto, Onisaburo and art
Some notes on Oomoto as a religion
Appendix A short on the tea ceremony and on Noh drama
Bibliography
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