Christian St. Daruma

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Christian St. Daruma

Daruma (the founder of Zen Buddhism)
seated on the back of St. Mark the Evangelist (the founder of Ethiopian Coptic Christianity).

St. Daruma holds a staff with a houju finial. The border at top is of the Four Evangelists, representing Christianity, and the border at the bottom is the aoi leaf, representing Buddhism.





St. Mark seeks comfort from the bible, while St. Daruma clutches the houju.




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. Christian Celebrations in Japanese Kigo .

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