If you write "death Zen", it looks ominous. However, although it is little known in Japan, in primitive Buddhism, the Buddha and his disciples meditated and practiced in graves strewn with corpses. It is to realize impermanence. Even today, in Theravada Buddhism, monks practice meditation in police morgues, which may seem strange to Japan people. First of all, in India, Buddhism was divided into Theravada and Mahayana, and in China, the latter was influenced by Confucianism and Taoism. It was this Mahayana Buddhism that came to Japan, but in Japan, it seems that Zen (meditation) is preferred by Japan because it has been practiced with Shinto. However, meditation in primitive Buddhism may have been a terrible thing that considered the supreme thing to completely erase oneself from this universe, including nature (= not to live), rather than meditation (Zen) to love and unite with nature. It seems that it was meditation (Zen) to break attachment (love/attachment) to all of this universe, including nature. Therefore, it is not nature, but a dead Zen. And Socrates said that philosophy is the training of death, and the body is the prison of the soul. He thought that death was the liberation of the soul from that prison. Aichi is the training of death (liberation of the soul), and Zen is the training of nirvana (Nirvana). In that sense, it is "death Zen". It is a journey to the highest beauty. The work also includes Mahayana Buddhist objects, but they are basically conscious of this primitive Buddhism. ●The whole picture of the skeleton immortal｜Gaisenzenshou  
Located in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, I am the abbot of an unincorporated temple of Shingon Buddhism. Thursday evening is fully illuminated. After graduating from a design college, he worked as a salaryman and gained a degree. Obtained a license as a Koyasan Shingon religious teacher. Graduated from the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the Open University and obtained a certified psychologist with a major in psychology. I renovated my home in Tokyo and opened it as a Shingon Buddhist temple. I learned seal carving (stone seal) from Mr. Rainto, but I do my own marks quite in my own way. I am not very conscious of the orthodox form of seal carving, and I create works like contemporary art and interior calligraphy. I don't think many people know about seal carving, but I think there are other ways to enjoy it other than simply stamping the seal on calligraphy works, so I freely mix patterns and satires to make them. I did Western art history, so I think my work is conceptual art. When I was younger, I liked Dalí and Goya, but I also like the primitive Gothic world before the Renaissance. Ink painting is also my style, but I regard Senya Yoshifan as a rival, so the artist's name is Skeleton Zensho. He also created works related to Jungian psychology and his interpretation of Zen and alchemy. [Biography] In 1969 ・Born in Tokyo In 1990 ・Enrolled in the Department of Graphic Design, Tokyo College of Design In 1992 ・Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design, Tokyo Design College In 2017 ・Admission to the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University In 2020 ・Graduated from the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University [Group Exhibition] In 2022 ・Saitama Museum of Modern Art "Zen Exhibition" In 2023 ・Tokyo Ginza Daikokuya Gallery "Zen Exhibition Selection Exhibition"＜＜English＞＞