The Greatest Fullness
With a reverence for the natural world, Ito Jakuchu’s artwork highlights the buddhanature in each of its subjects.
Japanese Art
Tokyo National Museum Digitalizes Masterpieces of Buddhist Art
An interactive digital gallery at the Tokyo National Museum offers a new way to view masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist art
The Carving of Tradition
Shikō Munakata’s starkly stylized woodblock prints combine Japanese craft and Buddhist iconography.
A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey
The Newark Museum’s Beyond Zen exhibition presents an extensive collection for the first time.
A Japanese Ensemble Keeps an Ancient Sound Alive
The musicians of Reigakusha perform gagaku, court music that developed alongside early Buddhism in Japan.
Portfolio: Mayumi Oda
A selection of artworks by "the Matisse of Japan"
Mountain and River on the Kiso Road
An excerpt from a new collection of 60 poems inspired by Japanese Edo art.
Right attitude
Shinno Yamasoba, 58, is the vice head priest at Daijyo-ji, an an 8th-century Shingon temple three hours outside Kyoto by train. In the Japan Times, he shares some monkish wisdom with Japanese TV reporter Judit Kawaguchiwho:…
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