Portraits and Sacred Images from East Asia:

Daoist and Confucian Images from China and Shinto Images from Japan

Also take a look at:
Buddhist Images
Portraits and Sacred Images from South Asia
Eastern Thought Web Resources (texts, languages, descriptions, and more)
 
 
DAOISM (TAOISM)

 

 

Yin-Yang
老子 Laozi (Lao Tzu)
the way that can be named is not the way...

The Dao that can be named...
Zhang Huang
Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate
Lu Dongbin 
Daoist Immortals and Scholars
Celestial Master Zhang Daoling
removing the poisons
 
  Daoist Priest's Robe
 
Wuwei         The Dipper Mother  
Daoist goddesses
 
CONFUCIANISM

孔子 Kongzi (Confucius) 
孟子 Mengzi (Mencius)
朱熹  Zhuxi  (Chu-hsi)
 
SHINTO
 
Kannamesai (Jingu, Mie)
Itsukushima Jinja (Hiroshima)
Bride and Groom dressed for a Shinto wedding on Miyajima island
Some prominent rocks are considered kami
Heian Shrine
Fushimi Inari Shrine
 
Stirring the pot: Confucius, Buddha, Laozi
 
 
Eric Sean Nelson
Philosophy and Religious Studies
Email: eric.nelson@utoledo.edu  /  Homepage
 
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