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    HAKUSAN KOGEN

    B U S Z O
    zen art of sculpting

    Special Edition

    São Paulo, 2022


    BUSZO: ZEN ART OF SCULPTING – HAKUSAN KOGEN
    Copyright © 2022 Hakusan Kogen

    Frontispiece: BUTSUZÔ 佛像 (seal script)


    Pictures MZMV, ES: Irit Tommasini
    Pictures KINKAKU-JI, SP: Juvenal Pereira
    Pictures on Portfolio: The author

    Dados Internacionais de Catalogação (CIP)

    Kogen, Hakusan - pseud.


    BUSZO: zen art of sculpting / Hakusan Kogen -- 1st
    Edition – digital version: Kindle KDP publishing, 2022.
    110 pages.: 14 x 21 cm.

    ISBN: 978-65-00-47321-6

    1. Zen Art 2. Buddhist Sculpture 3. Religion


    I. Título.
    CDD – 730

    Copying or reproduction
    unauthorized according to the
    Brazilian Law nº 9.610/1998.
    Impresso no Brasil
    Printed in Brazil
    PROLOGUE

    BUDDHISM has brought endless benefits to mankind, leaving


    indelible marks on Arts, always spreading its main teaching: the
    practice of zazen and good deeds for all Sentient Beings.
    In 1989, I began my monastic career at Morro da Vargem
    Temple MZMV (Brazil), where I also started sculpting some
    buddhist sacred arts, small and simple sculptures all inspired by
    humble pictures got from japanese magazines. Until 1993, my main
    art had been a 1.7M tall Kanon made of jackfruit-wood.
    In 1994, I was sent to Zuiô-ji Monastery to study and practice
    deeper Buddhism. At the end of my training in 1997, I went to
    Tokyo, aiming an apprenticeship for learning some sculptural
    techniques in traditional sacred art led by Itô Kojirô Sensei – a
    renowned master of Buddhist Arts.
    When I arrived at his studio-house in Nariki, I was wearing a
    monk’s robe (koromo) because I thought I would just schedule the
    classes. Calmly, I drank some tea … But, soon after the dialogue in
    Japanese had developed, Kojirô San said: “At this very moment,
    let’s start now!” Then I asked, “But just like that, ‘NOW’!? Gosh, Japan
    is extremely fast, huh?” So, he replied “Hayai desu, yo!” and quickly
    started preparing my desk and the woods…
    Here is the first & everlasting lesson:
    ‘There are no special clothes for carving a buddha.’
    While studying sacred art, I travelled alone on pilgrimage
    Takuhatsu around all Kansai region, an unforgettable experience,
    especially when I met the Biwa Lake. Anyway, after some months
    the apprenticeship was over, and, still in the studio talking with my
    teacher Kojirô San, I told him:

    — When I’ll say sayonara, I’m going to miss this land too much.
    — Hontô ni? Dôushitê? – he asked me.
    — Because in Brazil there is no jidôhanbai-ki, and here, wherever I
    go there are always these little machines that keep me in good company...
    Instantly, he answered:
    — Take with you a jidôhanbai-ki!

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    Maybe I really wanted to take all Japan with me...
    In 1998, living again in the MZMV, a project of 4 images was
    carved and placed there at the shrines’ altars. Also, I carved the
    Avalokiteshvara (4,0M height) for the Kanon Shrine, which opening
    ceremony was led in 2000 by the Master Minamizawa Dônin (who
    later became Zenji at Eihei-ji Monastery, in 2021).
    In 2004, I moved to Busshin-ji Temple SP where, through the
    guidance of Kôichi Miyoshi Bishop, I got the Master Kyôshi degree.
    In 2007, I moved to Enko-ji (Itapecerica da Serra SP), in a loan
    to carve the megaproject 11 Faced Kanon, this project had started in
    2002 and ended successfully in 2011 — by then, so, I felt safe that I
    had entirely fulfilled my artistic mission.
    Anyway, we’d rather remember: Buddhism focuses on the
    practice of zazen and good deeds, which means to think about our
    attitudes before all Sentient Beings. Trying to accomplish this, I
    continue focusing on the essential: support causes for Shikantaza
    只管打坐 while living as a homeless Unsui 雲水.

    BUSZO 佛像 can provide inspiration and discipline, it has 3


    Sections showing my 20-year career as a ‘monk sculptor’:
    the 1st Section 1990~2002 and the 2nd Section 2007~2011.
    The 3rd Section shows some sculptures among dozens I’ve
    donated to lay followers of Buddhism. Finally, a biography
    of my master Busshi (Japan 1997) to whom I am eternally
    grateful for his teachings & kindness: Itô Kojirô Sensei.

    Gasshô 合掌

    Hakusan KOGEN
    Spring, 2022

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    MORRO DA VARGEM
    ZEN MONASTERY

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    Torii 鳥居 MZMV Temple, 2007

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    1990: first work, a stone buddha (below).
    2020: placed at the MZMV Graveyard (above).

    MANJUSHRI BOSATSU
    文殊师利菩薩
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