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Chadō: The way of tea
Cha-no-yu, literally meaning 'hot water for tea', is known in English as the tea ceremony....
Chadō: The way of tea II
The influence of tea ceremony on contemporary art, craft and design...
Kin byōbu: golden screens
Decorative folding screens known as byobu...
Kin byōbu: golden screens II
From the eighth century onwards paintings by Chinese artists were imported to Japan which influenced...
Ikat Textiles from Sumba, Indonesia
Sumba is one of the eastern islands of the Republic of Indonesia...
Ming bowl
The bowl is decorated with an aquatic scene of gold carp, lotus and water plants. The decoration shows the use of pun in the Chinese language.
Tantric Buddhist art from Nepal
This painting on cloth depicts the Buddhist deity Mahasamvara (Great Samvara)...
Tantric Buddhist art from Nepal II
The Buddhist deity Kalachakra, shown here with his consort Vishvamata, is a yi-dam or guardian deity...
Zen
Zen Buddhism is said to have begun in India in the sixth century BC with what is known as the 'flower sermon'...
