1. Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE)
Emperor Taizu (927-976 CE)

2. Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 CE)
Emperor Huizong
Auspicious Cranes by Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 CE)
Northern Song Dynasty, Ink and color on silk

3. “The immortal birds, proclaiming good auspices, suddenly arrive in favorable response”
Auspicious Cranes by Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 CE)
Northern Song Dynasty, Ink and color on silk

4. Southern Song Dynasty (1128-1279 CE)

5. Crane Calling Over A Clear Stream by Ma He-Zhi (1131- 1189 CE)
Southern Song Period, Ink on silk

6. Moonlight in Autumn by Ma He-Zhi (1131- 1189 CE)
Northern Song Period, Silk Fan

7. Chan Buddhism
"If one achieves a genuine breakthrough,
then [one realizes that] a Confucian is no
different from a Buddhist, and a Buddhist
is no different from a Confucian; a monk is
no different from a layman, and a layman
is no different from a monk; an ordinary
man is no different from a sage, and a
sage is no different from an ordinary man."
Lacquer image of Bodhidharma,
from the Hualin temple, Southern
China
Liang Kai (1140-1210)

8. Princess Mononoke (1997)
Hayao Miyazaki (1941)
Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain by Li Ti
Southern Song Period

9. Homeward Oxherds in Wind and Rain by Li Ti
12th century, Southern Song Period, Ink on silk

10. Japanese Sumi-e
Happy Buddha by Sesshu (1420-1506)
Ink on scroll
Night Café by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Oil on Canvas