Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan — speaks to the social upheaval of the time. Intricately realistic sculptures of Buddhist deities were crafted amid great anxiety and fear of a ...

Shikoku has a quiet, but profound presence in Japan's archipelago. It wears its heart on its sleeve, inviting you to explore ...

and Japanese devised a system for equating Buddhist deities with Shinto gods. The Heian aristocracy could never have enjoyed lives filled with romance, poetry, art, and religious devotion without ...

A Korean Buddhist statue from the 14th century that was stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago has been returned ...

NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera ... is only the third known example in Japan of an ancient wooden deity having been carved during a single ...

In it, the mother of Jesus is portrayed as the Kannon bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity. Tetsujo Suda ... people and other motifs in the traditional Japanese painting style. She has been a Christian ...

But amulets change with the times. A card that slips into a wallet and a microSD containing a Buddhist image for uploading to a mobile device keep the deities' spirits close by. Discover the charm ...

NARA -- A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed ... of the Fukuukensaku Kannon Bosatsu (Amoghapasa) Buddhist deity, the principal image of the Nanendo Southern ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference ... but the chief deity within Shinto is female. She contrasts this with beliefs about the ...