The trio in their 30s ― Naka Ai, Imura Kasumi, and Morisaki Reiko, ― make up Sanjoudou, a wooden Buddha restoration workshop. They set it up seven years ago to help protect Japan's cultural ...

The miniature statue was in a small wooden Buddhist altar called “zushi ... researcher who specializes in the history of sculptures in Japan, headed the research. He noted it was possible ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...