Buddha's Hand
I am still reading "Handbook of Korean Art, Folk Paintings" by Yeolsu Yoon, translated by Wonjun Nam and Yoon says that the image of Buddha's hand, the pulsugam, means plentiful offspring, long life and bountiful happiness. pg 17 In the glossary at the back of the book he says that pulsugam (Buddha's hand cirtrus) is a symbol wealth. I don't know what Buddha's hand citrus means so I looked up some images on Google. I don't think I've ever seen this fruit. Not even in the fancy grocery stores. And I kind of wondered how this fruit is depicted in art. So I looked that up as well. I am taking these notes during January 2021 and while we are not in "lock down" due to COVID, libraries and museums are not easily accessible to me in Nelson County VA so I'm doing my best via Google. And frankly, that isn't too bad. Imagine 30 years ago, pre Google, pre public internet... I found this image via the British Museum Images: https://www.bmimage...