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?????? ??, ??????????? ??, Illustrated Manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Goryeo dynasty (918?1392), ca. 1340, Korea, Accordion-format book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper, Image: 9 x 4 1/2 in. (22.9 x 11.4 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artis...
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...
EditorialIllustrated Frontispiece to the Sutra of Enlightenment through the Accumulation of Merit and Virtue, the So-called Jingoji Sutra, ????????., late Heian period (ca. 900?1185), ca. 1150?85, Japan, Handscroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper, 10 3/16...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Monk Reading a Sutra by Moonlight, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1332, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 29 3/8 x 13 in. (74.6 x 33 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, Paintings of monks reading sutras by moonlight reflect the Ch...
EditorialStatuette of Buddha Sitting on Engraved Throne, Late Unified Silla dynasty (676?935), 10th century, Korea, Gilt bronze, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm), Sculpture, Legend has it that Buddhism was first introduced to ...