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The history and relevance of Japan’s most visited Buddhist temple
Uploaded 13 Apr 2017
Examining the Tale of Heike
Uploaded 24 Mar 2017
Exploring Japanese “Otsu-e” folk painting
Uploaded 10 Jul 2015
One of the most visited sites in Kyoto, by Japanese tourists as well as by foreigners, is the temple Ryoan-ji in the northwestern part of the city. Its dry garden is the most famous and probably the f
Uploaded 12 Jun 2015
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
Uploaded 18 Feb 2015
Furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto The old pond a frog jumps in kerplunk Matsuo Basho’s (1644–94) haiku—that mind-altering frog vanishing into an ancient pond—has become so deeply sc
Uploaded 7 Nov 2014
“Fluttering Merrily” by Otagaki Rengetsu, Japan, 1840s–50s, calligraphy and painting in ink on paper mounted as a hanging scroll; Private Collection, Switzerland
Uploaded 19 Sep 2014
Sangeeta Bansal Ph.D, a researcher and writer, is also the founder of a non-profit called Mindside, which aims to make the benefits of mindfulness meditation available to all. Mindside offers an eight
Uploaded 8 Mar 2014