Life Of Buddha

Although Buddhism has received worldwide attention through high-profile followers from the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch to film star Richard Gere, less is known in Western culture about the Buddha himself. In The Life of Buddha, young Japanese illustrator Miho Tei, also known as Erotic Dragon, tells the story of this religious figure in illustrations based on the traditional Buddhist painting style. The result is an opulent visual feast, which will both captivate and educate children and adults. Erotic Dragon's lush artwork combines Western influences from Gustav Klimt to Art Nouveau and Moebius with both traditional Japanese graphic design and futuristic Asian images such as Manga comics. This combination results in a wholly original, yet fitting style for her subject. This book visualizes Siddhartha's childhood in a royal family, his education, spiritual awakening, travels and teachings as Buddha. It also contains an impressive fold out depicting Buddha's fight against his own evil thoughts. Her unique illustration and graphic design, which fuses inspirations from the art and culture of mostly Asian countries with a Japanese pop culture sensibility, was also featured in and on the cover of Grimm.Dragon, Erotic is the author of 'Life Of Buddha', published 2005 under ISBN 9783899550535 and ISBN 3899550536.