The world has slowly grown to pay attention to only two religions: Christianity and Islam. These two religions have 2.3 ...

The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...

Korean officials discovered the painting in the Smart Museum’s collection at the University of Chicago. It was stolen from a ...

Miyoko Ito survived an earthquake, incarceration and illness. Her transportive paintings defied ideas about abstract art.

Unschooled in Hindu art, I didn’t know that I was contemplating a pichwai (from the Sanskrit for “back” and “hanging”), a ...

The ultimate design-lover's guide to where to stay, what to eat, and the sites you can't miss in the historic Japanese city.

The Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room is reopening at the Brooklyn Museum, where it features both familiar treasures ...

For Ryushun Kusanagi, Buddhism is more than a religion, as it can serve as a philosophy of life to cope with modern daily ...

Those who deny still participate in their practices and customs. There are disagreements as to which is the predominant religion in Japan. Some say it's Buddhism, others say it's Shinto, but it's a ...

On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

Anime often explores spiritual and philosophical questions by drawing on Japan’s religious traditions to examine themes of ...

Explore the fading faith of Nagasaki’s hidden Christians and the rich history behind their perseverance in a challenging ...