Tenpa Yungdrung (ed.), Per Kvaerne (ed.). Bonpo Thangkas from Khyungpo

Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 2006. — 373 p. — (Bon Studies 10. Ethnological Reports 60).The present volume contains a detailed descriptive analysis of a set of a thangka collection from Khyungpo, one of the strongholds of Bon culture in nortem Tibet. Since, unlike the Buddhist tradition. Bonpo do not have any reference of norms for their thangkas, our work started from the iconographical description found in Bon liturgical texts. For this purpose, we requested Rev. Tenzin Namdak and Lopon Tenpa Yungdrung of Triten Norbutse Monasters in Kathmandu to commission the monk artists in Khyungpo to draw the paintings in accordance with the texts. We have therefore thangka paintings that follow the tradional style of the Khyungpo region. I might add that we have also tried to identify the deities in thangkas in parallel with the Bonpo mandalas that we have published (Mandalas of the Bon Religion. Bon Studies 1, SER 12, 2000).
I hope this volume will be the impetus for continued interest in research in Bon studies. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Rev. Tenzin Namdak for his deep understanding on our research project and to Mrs Satoko Suzuki for her practical assistance.Взято с сайта японского университета. Детальные бонские тханка с названиями на тибетском. (Шенлха Одкар, Шенраб Миво, Шераб Чжамма, Магью, Сирэ Гьялмо, Дренпа Намкха, Валчэн Геккё, Шанг-Шунг Мери и др.)