The Nichiren Mandala Master Class Session One

First of three master classes. Topics (1) relationship between images and signs, (2) imagery of the Buddha, (3) Kukai and mandalas (4), art of Kamakura and "mappo thought", (5) the role of Honen, (6) possible visual inspirations for Nichiren, (7) first Nichiren mandala, (8) the Sado exile between facts and legends