Hokusai 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1801 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0000000000000
Published: 2023-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

It is a komusō (虚無僧, komusō, also romanized komusou or komuso) - a group of Japanese mendicant monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism who flourished during the Edo period of 1600–1868. Komusō were characterized by a straw bascinet (a sedge or reed hood named a tengai or tengui) worn on the head, manifesting the absence of specific ego. They were also known for playing solo pieces on the shakuhachi (a type of Japanese bamboo flute). These pieces, called honkyoku ("original pieces"), were played during a meditative practice called suizen, for alms, as a method of attaining enlightenment, and as a healing modality. The sect was abolished by the Meiji emperor as a “reform”. The monks also functioned as spies for the shogunate.

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