Examining the Tale of Heike

Buddhist expression in color and form

Understanding Daruma as an expression of Zen philosophy

Printed multiple images of Jizo. Japan, Muromachi period (1333–1574), ink on paper. Image courtesy of Sam Fogg, London.   The Buddhist deity Kshitigarbha, or “He who encompasses the

There is a painting in the Freer Gallery of Art’s current exhibition, Zen, Tea, and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan, that beautifully symbolizes the remarkable cultural exchange and synthesis that

In the main hall of an elegant Pure Land Buddhist temple called Joruri-ji near the city of Nara in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, a row of nine gilded wood figures of the Buddha Amida (Skt. Amitabha) have s