Battersea I
oil on board
20.3 x 25.4 cm
size in frame: 31.8 x 36.8 cm
The Peace Pagoda in Battersea Parm was presented to Londoners by the Venerable Nichidatsu Fuji in 1984. Founder of the Japanese Buddhist movement, Nipponzan Myohoji, Guruji stated that 'Civilisation is not to kill human beings, not to destroy things, nor make war; civilisation is to hold mutual affection and to respect one another'. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he pledged to build pagodas worldwide as shrines to peace. The Battersea pagoda was constructed by nuns, monks and other followers of the Nipponzan Myohoji sect and was completed just weeks after Guruji died at the grand old age of 100.
oil on board
20.3 x 25.4 cm
size in frame: 31.8 x 36.8 cm
The Peace Pagoda in Battersea Parm was presented to Londoners by the Venerable Nichidatsu Fuji in 1984. Founder of the Japanese Buddhist movement, Nipponzan Myohoji, Guruji stated that 'Civilisation is not to kill human beings, not to destroy things, nor make war; civilisation is to hold mutual affection and to respect one another'. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he pledged to build pagodas worldwide as shrines to peace. The Battersea pagoda was constructed by nuns, monks and other followers of the Nipponzan Myohoji sect and was completed just weeks after Guruji died at the grand old age of 100.
oil on board
20.3 x 25.4 cm
size in frame: 31.8 x 36.8 cm
The Peace Pagoda in Battersea Parm was presented to Londoners by the Venerable Nichidatsu Fuji in 1984. Founder of the Japanese Buddhist movement, Nipponzan Myohoji, Guruji stated that 'Civilisation is not to kill human beings, not to destroy things, nor make war; civilisation is to hold mutual affection and to respect one another'. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he pledged to build pagodas worldwide as shrines to peace. The Battersea pagoda was constructed by nuns, monks and other followers of the Nipponzan Myohoji sect and was completed just weeks after Guruji died at the grand old age of 100.