Gift of Tanaka Ryohei 田中良平 Etching of Manpukuji from Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques in Tucson

I want to thank my friend for giving us this precious gift, Tanaka Ryohei 田中良平 Etching of Manpukuji from the Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques in Tucson. It now hangs in my study. It is no. 11 out of 150. Three years ago, I posted a short introduction to this piece of art about Manpukuji. Click here for details.

This etching is featured in the banner of his homepage here. I don't know how much it is worth. But you can ask through this website.

Ming-dynasty Style Chanting in Today's Manpukuji 黄檗山 萬福寺と雲水の一日 京都・宇治

It is amazing that Japanese monks in today's Manpukuji 萬福寺 in Uji 宇治 still chant liturgy in Chinese pronunciation. I recommend this short video to study the liturgical tradition Yinyuan Longqi 隱元隆琦 brought to Japan. Pay attention to 5:00'' and see how a monk chanted “謹白大眾, 生死事大，無常迅速，各宜醒覺，慎勿放逸。” in recognizable Chinese. It is clear that today's Chinese monastic liturgy originated from the seventeenth century.