EditorialVisitors explore the pine forest at Andong Hahoe Hanok Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Andong, South Korea, Oct. 4, 2019. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol f...
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol for Buddhist temples in Japa...
EditorialWelcoming Descent of Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha (Jiz Bosatsu?Raig), 15th16th?century, Hanging scroll: ink, color, and gold on silk, without mounting: 35 1/16 ? 14 3/4 in. (89.1 ? 37.4 cm), A protector of children and travelers, Jiz, the Bodhisattva of th...
EditorialChinese: Head of a Bodhisattva, Unidentified artist, Chinese, c. 710?720, Fine-grain buff-colored sandstone, This sandstone head represents a divine being from the Buddhist religion called a bodhisattva. In visual representation, bodhisattvas are disti...
EditorialChinese: Head of a Bodhisattva, Unidentified artist, Chinese, c. 710?720, Fine-grain buff-colored sandstone, This sandstone head represents a divine being from the Buddhist religion called a bodhisattva. In visual representation, bodhisattvas are disti...