Posebne značilnosi popularizacije Bodidarme v Koreji in na Japonskem

According to tradition the founder of Chan or meditational Buddhism, Bodhidharma, originated from India, yet his legend and first representations are more typically associated with China and his legendary figure is frequently seen in the visual art and popular culture of the East Asian countries. In my paper I focus on the visual representations of Bodhidharma as they became popular in Korea and Japan, attempting to show the basic differences in the popularization of the visual images of Bodhidharma in these countries, focusing mainly on the visual appearance and iconography. The power of the image is seen in the commercialization of representations of Bodhidharma, particularly in Japan, where this practice occurred much earlier than in Korea and developed different traditions compared to those in China, where the legend came from.Po tradicionalnem verovanju ustanovitelj chana ali meditativnega budizma, Bodidharma, izvira iz Indije. Vendar njegovo legendo in prve predstavitve vse bolj povezujejo s Kitajsko, kjer je njegovo karizmatično podobo pogosto opaziti v vizualni umetnosti in popularni kulturi vzhodnoazijskih držav. V članku raziskujem vizualne predstavitve Bodidharme, ko so postale popularne v Koreji in na Japonskem, s čimer poskušam prikazati glavne razlike v popularizaciji vizualnih podob Bodidharme v teh državah, pri tem pa se osredotočam predvsem na vizualne podobe in ikonografijo. Moč podobe je premišljena skozi komercializacijo upodobitev Bodidharme, predvsem na Japonskem, kjer se je komercialna uporaba pojavila veliko prej kot v Koreji in kjer so se razvile drugačne tradicije kot na Kitajskem, od koder legenda prihaja