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 ...

Drawing on the National Museum of Asian Art's collections and collecions from across the Smithsonian, artworks spanning two millennia reveal Asia's rich Buddhist heritage. They represent diverse ...

Buddhist teaching would have us live in ... the subtle meaning of these concepts is through the realm of art. Beauty in old Japan, as everywhere in the premodern world, was a vessel of knowledge.

Buseoksa Temple in Seosan, South Korea, shows the seated Buddha statue on May 10, 2025, before its return to Japan's Kannonji temple. (Kyodo) SEOSAN, South Korea (Kyodo) -- A South Korean temple ...