Category: Japan culture
Art of Japan and Ikeda Koson: Hinoki Cypresses
Japan art and rinpa: Buddhism and high culture
The Chinese artist Shen Quan and his stay in Edo Japan: Sublime nature
Japan art and Yanagisawa Kien: Edo artist influenced by Buddhism, China, and Confucianism
Japan art and the individualism of Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)
Japan art and bijan-ga (beautiful ladies) of the Edo Period
Japan art and self-portrait while dying: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)
Japan art and the intriguing Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724)
Art of Japan and Sanraku: Pre-Edo period to early Edo and anti-Christianity
Art of 12th century Japan: Mitsunaga and a glimpse into the ending of the Heian Period
Art of Japan and Hishida Shunsō: Nature and Buddhism
Art of Japan and the Middle Kingdom (China): Buddhism, Confucianism, and other ideas
Art of Japan and exquisite birds by Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905)
Art of Japan and Hōitsu: A delightful triptych of nature by this Buddhist monk
Japan art and continuity despite rapid political changes: Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913)
Japanese Death Poem: The final moments of Prince Ōtsu (663-686)
Japanese Buddhist poetry from centuries ago
Japanese Buddhist poetry: Saigyō, nature, and solitude
Japanese poetry: Highly esteemed Hitomaro from 7th to early 8th century
Japanese art and the feeling of Shinto through the prism of nature
Buddhist poetry in Japan and the fallen Autumn leaf: Henjō (816-890) and Sōgi (1421-1502)
Buddhist nun: Art, poetry, Japanese anti-Buddhism, and sadness of Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Japan art and the Persimmon Tree: Sawako Utsumi and homage to Sakai Hōitsu
Japanese Buddhism and poetry under Emperor Shōmu in 8th century Nara
Japanese Buddhism and art: Hakuin Ekaku and Chinese philosophy
Japanese artist Soga Shōhaku was influenced by the Muromachi Period
Japanese art: The desolate Japanese Buddhist path
Art of Japan: A flower cut down before full bloom
Japan art in the Edo period: Kano-style art and rinpa
Saitama tourism: Heirinji Buddhist Temple and adorable compound
Japanese poet of the ninth and tenth century
Imperial system in Japan based on revisionism concerning a female leader
Poetry of Japan: Fusions of cultural ideas in bygone days
Saitama tourism: Buddhism and connecting with culture in Chichibu
Poetry of ancient Japan enriched by the Middle Kingdom
Saitama tourism: Chichibu Shinto shrine and richness of history
Saitama tourism: Hodosan Shinto Shrine in Nagatoro
Tokyo tourism: Buddhism in ultra-modern Tokyo
Tanaka Hōji and Japan art: Taoism to Meiji era and words of Lao Tzu
Review of Tokyo Ueno Station by Renae Lucas-Hall
Images of old Japan based on a commercial illusion
Contemporary Japanese artist: Time reflected through art and culture
Art of Japan and the holy Buddhist monk Kaō Ninga
Art of Japan and Sakai Dōitsu: Traditional art during the Meiji era
Art of Japan and Ishizaki Kōyō: His early path was set
Art of Japan and time in a new light: Hōitsu and the Persimmon Tree by Utsumi
Japan art and the Edo artist Katsukawa Shunshō
Japanese art, the impact of Paris, and the shadow of war: Kanokogi
Japan art and Sakai Hōitsu: Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms
Review of Ellery Queen’s Japanese Mystery Stories
Japan art and Tanaka Hōji: Taoism, Hōitsu, and Jurōjin
Japan art and Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755): Fusion of ideas
Japanese contemporary art and stunning trees
Japan Art and a radiant moon at nightfall in distant times
Art of Japan and the fusion of ideas by Kanzan Shimomura
Japanese Art and Yumeji Takehisa: The sadness will last forever
Japan art and Sakai Dōitsu: His heart belonged to the old world
Yukio Mishima and fusion of nationalism, the word, and the perfect death
Japan poetry and the Buddhist monk Jien: The suffering world
Japan art and Buddhist Monks in the deep snow with a Shinto Shrine in the distance
Chinese art and Shen Quan: A brief period in Japan but a lasting legacy
Japan art and the Reflection of Time: Hōitsu and the Persimmon Tree by Utsumi
Zen Buddhist art of Japan: Hakuin Ekaku and teacher of all
Japan poetry and Okura (660-733): Influence of Confucianism and East Asia
Art of Japan and Torii Kiyonaga: Images of serenity
Japanese tenth-century poetry: Mibu no Tadamine and the Middle Kingdom (China)
Japan tourism and Nara: The legacy of Buddhism and high culture thrives
Japan art and Goshun (1752-1811): The richness of Chinese and Japanese high culture
Japanese art and rinpa: Buddhism, Maple trees, and a lovely stone lantern
Japan art and Morimura Hōgi (1805-1862): High culture and continuity
Japanese death poems: The final flicker of Prince Ōtsu (663-686)
Japanese Buddhist art and Kaō: Fourteenth-century art and the Middle Kingdom
Japanese art and Suzuki Reitan (1792-1817): Early death before full bloom
Japan art and Sakai Oho (1808-1841): The rhythm of art and Buddhism
Japan art and Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942): A delightful dream world
Japan art and Sakai Hōitsu: The Persimmon Tree and delightful Crow
Japan art and Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913): The richness of rinpa art
Japan art and Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905): Mysterious Heron and a Crane
Japan art and Hishida Shunsō: Faithful cats and nature
Japanese art and Hayami Gyoshū (1894-1935): Camellia Petals Scattering
Japanese art and Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829): Buddhist monk and sublime art
Japanese art and Ishizaki Kōyō (1884-1947): The flow of Rinpa
Art of Japan and the richness of Culture: Kanzan Shimomura (1873 to 1930)
Japanese art and Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858): Late Edo artist of Rinpa
Japanese art and Hishida Shunsō (1874-1911): Hope to the shadow of death
Japanese art and the Bleak Midwinter of the Buddhist Tree of Life
Zen Buddhism and art of Japan inspired by the Middle Kingdom (China)
Classical poetry of Japan from bygone years: This fleeting world!