A staff member unveils the cover of "Avatamsaka Sutra, Volume 22, Main Text, in Gold on Indigo Paper" during a media briefing ...

Souls trembling before judgment, a boiling cauldron and a chance at redemption through a blooming lotus — these striking ...

A new series on ways to approach and understand Buddhist imagery begins with this overview of the statues to be found in Japan’s temples and the history of their creation.

Visitors to the newly renovated Japanese art galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will be anchored in the familiar but drawn to deeper exploration. The renovation, which opened last ...

A show of Japanese art at The Met suggests that things might not work out for us in our own end times, but it’s worth trying.

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

Shown is Transcription of the Zhou Version of the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sutra, Vol. 22 from the Goryeo Dynasty ...

Art Words matter in this showcase of Japanese calligraphy at the Freer Exhibition of Buddhist sutras, though written in Chinese for a religion imported from India, shows how Japanese artists made ...

Encounters with Buddhist Art The Buddhist stature and other artworks in Japan have a history going back to the early seventh century CE, when Buddhism was brought to the country from the Asian ...