A pair of Japanese national treasures that are considered among the world’s most important Zen Buddhist masterpieces are heading to San Francisco this week, where they will be part of a once-in ...

Art Collaboration Kyoto, art fair with a ‘different pace’, embraces the Japanese city’s Zen Buddhist temples to stand out in the contemporary art space ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. For centuries, Japanese Zen Buddhist masters ...

If TikTok is to be believed, the absolute first thing one must do upon visiting Japan – before taking in the cherry-blossom ...

This course examines how the religious and philosophical traditions of Zen, originally a Buddhist practice of meditation, have become intertwined with Japanese aesthetic principles. It will focus on ...

For the first time in 400 years, two pillars of Chan Buddhist brush painting have left their home at the Zen Buddhist temple Daitokuji Ryokoin in Kyoto, Japan, for display in “The Heart of Zen ...

During the Kamakura period (1185–1333), Buddhism became the faith of all people of all classes. This was due in part to the many priests who became itinerant evangelists and brought Pure Land Buddhism ...

Or is it a reverential update to Buddhist art, ... Japanese Zen monks played a leading role in war propaganda,” wrote Paik in a 1969 compilation of political comics and commentary.