Monks Collection (page 9)

In You Rejoiceth, between 1615 and 1648. Creator: Franghias Kavertzas
In You Rejoiceth, between 1615 and 1648

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Disguised as a Komuso in the Play... c. 1771. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Sakai-cho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771, Japan, c. 1771

Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu... c. 1814/17)
Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1814/17

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon... c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kakogawa Honzo in Komuso Attire in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa...c. 1782. Creator: Shunsho
Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa Youchi no Zu Uki-e Nimaitsuzuki, Japan, c. 1782

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho... c. 1779. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1779, Japan, c. 1779

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu... c. 1777. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777, Japan, c. 1777

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu... c. 1777. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as the Renegade Monk Dainichibo in the Play Tsukisenu Haru Hagoromo Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in theThird Month, 1777, Japan, c. 1777

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly... c.1768. Creator: Shunsho
A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground, Japan, c. 1768

A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly... c.1768. Creator: Shunsho
A Pilgrim Praying through the Night to the Buddha (kannenbutsu) is Startled by a Ghostly Head Lying on the Snow-Covered Ground, Japan, c. 1768

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu... c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki... c. 1776. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, Japan, c. 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu... c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Buddhist Monk in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Waka... c. 1792. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Kudo Suketsune Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1792, Japan, c. 1792

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki... c. 1776. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as an Itinerant Monk in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, Japan, c. 1776

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Monk Mongaku Disguised as Seizaemon Bozu in the... c. 1784. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Monk Mongaku Disguised as Seizaemon Bozu in the Play Oakinai Hiru ga Kojima, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1784, Japan, c. 1784

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as the Monk Izayoibo in the Play Keisei Katabira ga Tsuji... c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Otani Hiroji III as the Monk Izayoibo in the Play Keisei Katabira ga Tsuji, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Monk Renseibo in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa... c. 1780. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Monk Renseibo in the Play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1780, Japan, c. 1780

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Misao Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Kosode-gura... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as Misao Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Kosode-gura no Tekubari, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Second Month, 1772 (?), Japan, c. 1772

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play... c. 1778. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Wantetsu of Okami-dani in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1778, Japan, c. 1778

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play... c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Ghost of the Renegade Monk Seigen in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Second Month, 1783, Japan, c. 1783

Monk Turning Sideways, n.d. Creator: Andrea Lilio
Monk Turning Sideways, n.d

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk... c. 1780. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780, Japan

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), an... 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as a skeleton, spirit of the renegade monk Seigen (left), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (right)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Spirit of Monk Seigen in the Shosagoto Dance Sequen... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Spirit of Monk Seigen in the Shosagoto Dance Sequence "Sono Utsushi-e Matsu ni Kaede" (A Shadow-Picture of Pine and Maple)

Two Ecclesiastics: Study for the Disputation on the Holy Sacrament, 1606/10. Creator: Francesco Vanni
Two Ecclesiastics: Study for the Disputation on the Holy Sacrament, 1606/10

Peasant Woman Giving Directions to Monks, 1850. Creator: Eugenio Agneni
Peasant Woman Giving Directions to Monks, 1850

Two Monks giving Water to a Woman and Child in the Wilderness, n.d. Creator: Carlo Labruzzi
Two Monks giving Water to a Woman and Child in the Wilderness, n.d

Two Studies of Carthusians (recto); Three Sketches of Heads of Carthusians (verso), 1591/92

Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict, 1590. Creator: Bartolomeo Cesi
Seated Youth Wearing a Monk's Habit: Study for Saint Benedict, 1590

Investiture Certificate of Sister Maria Theresa Baglioni, June 5, 1717. Creator: Unknown
Investiture Certificate of Sister Maria Theresa Baglioni, June 5, 1717

Monks of the Convent of Ara Coeli Giving Soup to the Poor, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Monks of the Convent of Ara Coeli Giving Soup to the Poor, 1850. Scene in Rome, depicting...the form which the general rejoicement of "the sins of the church" assumed in the convents of

The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I as Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple in the Play Soga Moyo... c. 1769. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Utaemon I I as Monk Seigen of Kiyomizu Temple in the Play Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1769, Japan, c. 1769

Monk in the Ruins of a Monastery, 1820/1830. Creator: Domenico Quaglio II
Monk in the Ruins of a Monastery, 1820/1830

Former Cathedral Churchyard near the Old Rectory and Minster in Regensberg, 1818. Creator: Domenico Quaglio II
Former Cathedral Churchyard near the Old Rectory and Minster in Regensberg, 1818

Collegiate Church of Our Lady, with Castle Schoenberg at Oberwesel on the Rhine, 1822. Creator: Domenico Quaglio II
Collegiate Church of Our Lady, with Castle Schoenberg at Oberwesel on the Rhine, 1822

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no M... c. 1770. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month)

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Oiso no Tora or Kewaizaka no Shosho, Disguised as a Female... c. 1774. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Oiso no Tora or Kewaizaka no Shosho, Disguised as a Female Komusu (?), in the Play Yui Kanoko Date-zome Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater ()

The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Mi... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Kasaya Matakuro II as Nobuyori Disguised as the Yakko Gunnai (right), and Miyazaki Hachizo as the Lay Monk Hambyo Nyudo (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk... c. 1780. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as an Ascetic Monk, in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780, Japan

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the... c. 1773. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Abbot Saimyo-ji Tokiyori, Disguised as a Monk, in the Joruri "Onna Hachi no Ki" (A Female Version of "The Potted Trees")

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V... c. 1771. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Komuso Attires, in the Play Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki

The Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Nyosan no Miya (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renega... c. 1772 Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Nyosan no Miya (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Monk Yochin (center), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as the Maid Mutsuhana (left)

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Nakazo I as Raigo Ajari, Sakata... c. 1772. Creator: Shunsho
The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otatsu-gitsune, Nakamura Nakazo I as Raigo Ajari, Sakata Tojuro III as Kamada Gon-no-kami Masayori, and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Sakon-gitsune (right to left)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Buddhist Monk Wantetsu from Okamidani, in... c. 1778. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Buddhist Monk Wantetsu from Okamidani, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori (A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors)

Wrathful Form of the Goddess Saraswati (Magzor Gyalmo) or Palden Llamo, 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Wrathful Form of the Goddess Saraswati (Magzor Gyalmo) or Palden Llamo, 20th century. Detail from a larger artwork

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Renegade Monk Zenjibo Disguised as Dainichibo in... c. 1789. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Renegade Monk Zenjibo Disguised as Dainichibo in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789, Japan, c. 1789

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no M... c. 1770. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a Monk, Raigo Ajari, in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato (Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month)

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"Journey into the Serene World of Monks: From Coates Plymouth Gin to Netherlandish Proverbs" Immerse yourself in the tranquil realm as we explore their diverse and fascinating existence. Sip on a glass of Coates Plymouth Gin, known for its rich history intertwined with these spiritual beings. Delve into the enigmatic world depicted in "Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape, " where monks play a significant role. Travel back in time to 1885 with Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's mesmerizing artwork, "Fudo Myoo Threatening a Novice. " Witness the intense initiation process that novices undergo under the watchful eye of Fudo Myoo, an important deity within Buddhism. Discover Winifred Mary Letts' captivating painting from 1912, "Saint Hugh of Lincoln and the Swan, " which depicts an extraordinary encounter between this revered saint and a majestic swan. Marvel at how even nature seems drawn to these holy figures. Embark on a journey to Japan and witness Komuso Buddhist monks wandering silently through misty landscapes while playing haunting melodies on bamboo flutes. Their presence evokes both tranquility and mystery. Indulge your senses with Old Reading Abbey Whisky, crafted by skilled hands reminiscent of those who once inhabited monastic communities. Experience centuries-old traditions distilled into every sip. Marvel at Valletta's Grand Harbour, where Carthusian monks process to matins at 2 am amidst ancient fortifications. Witness their unwavering dedication as they navigate darkness towards enlightenment. Explore "The Seven Liberal Arts, " beautifully illustrated in Hortus deliciarum – an encyclopedia compiled by Herrad von Landsberg during medieval times. Discover how knowledge was preserved by diligent monk scribes across generations. Experience vibrant festivities like Manila Carnival in The Philippines, where Miss Ilocos Sur captivates audiences with her grace and beauty. Witness how monks' influence extends beyond spiritual realms into the cultural fabric of societies.