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KAMAKURA, Kanagawa -- An antique art exhibition spotlighting the Kamakura period (1185-1333) is being held in a house there that was constructed with ...
At the end of the twelfth century, the emperor in central Kyoto lost supremacy to the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo, based in the seaside town of Kamakura, to the east. Japanese art then shifted ...
A Kamakura Period depiction of Buddha’s death, on view at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is surprisingly relatable even today. Subscribe . Digital Print . June 21, 2025 .
Keynote and Exhibition Viewing followed by One-day Interdisciplinary Symposium: Empowering Objects: Kamakura-period Buddhist Art in Ritual Contexts. Keynote address and exhibition viewing will be held ...
Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace, from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatori emaki) (detail) Japanese, Kamakura Period, second half of the thirteenth century ...
Hosted by the NPO Association for the Preservation of Traditional Japanese Farmhouses, our tour includes three structures, including one from Takishita's hometown in Gifu, Shiguchi-do and Bikkuri ...
T OKYO -- An art deco building in the Japanese capital that has been serving as the country's first textbook library houses ...
NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple here that stands 180 centimeters tall and dates from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) is only the third ...