Art in Japanese Buddhism
Gereon Kopf
7 May 2021
An overview of artistic styles and forms in Japan
Book Review: Painting Enlightenment: Healing Visions of the Heart Sutra
Raymond Lam
18 June 2020
Paula Arai’s beautiful book on a self-taught Buddhist artist
The King of the West: Kōmokuten Iconography
Michael Van Hartingsveldt
17 May 2019
Punisher of evil, encouraging those aspiring to enlightenment
Kesa: Robes of Patched Perfection
Meher McArthur
18 July 2018
The symbolism behind the patchwork robes of…
Expressions of Emptiness: The Paintings and Sculptures of Yoshio Ikezaki
Meher McArthur
6 December 2017
Using ki, water, and ink to express impermanence
Buddhism and Creative Writing, Part Two
David Brazier
21 October 2016
James Sanford and his colleagues in their wonderful volume Flowing Traces (Sanford et al 1992, p.3) point out that “Buddhism’s beginnings in Japan had the arts at
Visions from the Zen Mind: Zen Paintings and Calligraphy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Meher McArthur
8 July 2016
A fuzzy-furred gibbon seated on a rugged boulder reaches an arm out over a rushing river and tries to scoop up the reflection of the