Catalog record · 目録番号 119890
Cats of Cosmic Sound
Catalog note / 解説
"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.
Image record / 画像情報
Artelino · 1973. · artelino
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