Title : Cats of Cosmic Sound

Artist : Inagaki Tomoo

Date : 1973.

Details : Inagaki Tomoo: Cats of Cosmic Sound - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "A'un no Neko" Green version. The "A-Un" is an unique concept in Japanese Buddhism which represent the particular cosmic sounds. The sound of "ah" which one must open his/her mouth to utter, means "the beginning" and "birth". Its counter-partner is the sound of "Un" or "Om" which means "the end" or "death". "Ah" is also the first letter and "Un" is the last letter in the Sanskrit and Japanese alphabets. This combination symbolically represents all possible outcomes (from alpha to omega) in the universe.

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