Immerse yourself in the refined process of crafting a Buddhist altar, a revered tradition in Japanese art. Each step, from selecting premium materials to the delicate assembly, reflects deep ...

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 ...

Carolyn Wargula is Assistant Professor of Art History. She is a specialist of Japanese Buddhist art with a focus on the materiality and intermediality of textiles, the social significances of the body ...

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 ...