With its minimalist style and deep philosophy, Ikebana offers more than a way to display flowers— it’s a tool for creating a ...

Japan Society explores the origins of Zen Buddhism over four centuries of work from painter-monks, including celebrated Buddhist master Hakuin Ekaku. Left: Sengai Gibon “Kanzan and Jittoku ...

Shodo, the Japanese calligraphy art, is an interesting part of Japanese culture that blends art with language. The ...

With one of the most comprehensive collections of Japanese art in the world, the museum rededicates the space with Buddhist monks from Japan’s Miidera temple Saturday. Buddhist faith holds ...

To celebrate the reopening of the Japanese art galleries, a delegation of Buddhist monks from Miidera, one of Japan’s largest temples, conducted a rededication ritual in the Japanese Buddhist ...

The 12th-century hand scroll is on display in “Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan” at the Freer Gallery. (Colleen J. Dugan/National Museum of Asian Art, Freer Collection/Charles ...

Intense devotion to Amida produced voluminous requests for Buddhist statuary and paintings, in addition to the many temples dedicated to him. Another salvationist deity popular at this time was Jizo, ...