EditorialEleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, ????????, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 42 1/2 ? 16 1/8 in. (108 ? 41 cm), Paintings, Described in the sutras as a mountainous island in th...
EditorialEleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, ????????, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 42 1/2 ? 16 1/8 in. (108 ? 41 cm), Paintings, Described in the sutras as a mountainous island in th...
EditorialSheet from a manuscript atlas showing Canton and parts of Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. Red lines indicate defence boundaries. The area depicted in this sheet is Xiangshan Country, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang. 16 Official native maps of China. Source...
EditorialNingbo woman. A volume of Chinese drawings representing Chinese. China, c. 1800. A Ningbo woman. Image taken from A volume of Chinese drawings representing Chinese men and women from various classes and trades. Originally published/produced in China,...
EditorialEleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraka, ????????, Kamakura period (1185?1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, Image: 42 1/2 ? 16 1/8 in. (108 ? 41 cm), Paintings, Described in the sutras as a mountainous island in th...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, White-Robed Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 36 x 12 7/8 in. (91.4 x 32.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified, According to Buddhist belief, Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara, in Sanskrit),...
EditorialPoem on a Hermitage, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 49 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (126.4 x 27.3 cm), Calligraphy, Tu Long (Chinese, 1542?1605), Tu Long is best known as a poet and a dramatist. Forced out of government offic...