Four-Armed Sarasvati with Pearls Rare Collection: Etchings

Collection: Etchings

Mounted onto Byobu screen by Japanese master mounter

Edition: 80

Tenugui cloth has long been popular in Japan for everyday utilitarian purposes as well as worn as neck scarves & headbands

Hand-colored by Mayumi

Four-Armed Sarasvati with Pearls Rare Collection: Etchings"This Sarasvati is painted in a style similar to the Hindu tradition. She holds the veena, the pearl mala, and the sutra. She is riding a white swan on the river of Sarasvati. Lots of mornings I do a Sarasvati chant with my pearl mala that I received from Joan Halifax. I do this usually three times, seven times, twenty times, or 108 times. In Japan, theres a sutra called the Three Day Completion, or Wish Granting Sarasvati Sutra. The sutra requires