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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....

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Chadō: The way of tea II

The influence of tea ceremony on contemporary art, craft and design...

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Kin byōbu: golden screens

Decorative folding screens known as byobu...

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Kin byōbu: golden screens II

From the eighth century onwards paintings by Chinese artists were imported to Japan which influenced...

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Ikat Textiles from Sumba, Indonesia

Sumba is one of the eastern islands of the Republic of Indonesia...

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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.

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Tantric Buddhist art from Nepal

This painting on cloth depicts the Buddhist deity Mahasamvara (Great Samvara)...

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Tantric Buddhist art from Nepal II

The Buddhist deity Kalachakra, shown here with his consort Vishvamata, is a yi-dam or guardian deity...

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Zen

Zen Buddhism is said to have begun in India in the sixth century BC with what is known as the 'flower sermon'...

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Tea and Zen

Watch a traditional Japanese tea ceremony

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Ikat

Explore ikat textiles produced in different parts of Asia.

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