Moon on the Southern Sea

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Moon on the Southern Sea

(Nankai no tsuki)

1888
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of mercy and compassion, is known as Kannon in Japan and as Avalokitesvara in India.  She is seated in meditation on a rocky promontory at her abode in the Southern Sea.

 

 

  

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