Colored glass slide photo. From the collection of Japanese images of James A. B. Scherer. He was the president of the Throop College of Technology (former name of the California Institute of ...

In Japan, Hotei is also known as Hotei oshō, or “monk Hotei,” which refers to his origin as a 10th-century Chinese monk. Hotei belongs to the Zen school of Buddhism, which celebrates ...

A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea’s Goryeo-era, stolen by a South Korean theft ring from Kannon Temple on ...

Returning from a Japanese funeral, I paused in front of ... I read the postcard and learned that in the Jodo Shinshu sect (Pure Land Buddhism), death is not considered an impurity because when ...

A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea, is set to make a temporary return to its original home. The 14th-century Korean ...