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A Painting of the Uga-Benzaiten Mandala, being a hybrid depiction of the Buddhist Goddess Benzaiten and the Shinto deity Ugajin. Produced Circa 1500-1600, Late Muromachi or Azuchi Momoyama Period in Japan.
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A Painting of the Uga-Benzaiten Mandala, being a hybrid depiction of the Buddhist Goddess Benzaiten and the Shinto deity Ugajin. Produced Circa 1500-1600, Late Muromachi or Azuchi Momoyama Period in Japan.
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A Muromachi Period embroidered painting of the Buddha with human hair woven into it, produced in Japan. These pieces were typically produced by women devotees, and documented examples have been noted to have human hair woven into the Buddha's vestments or hair
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A Muromachi Period embroidered painting of the Buddha with human hair woven into it, produced in Japan. These pieces were typically produced by women devotees, and documented examples have been noted to have human hair woven into the Buddha's vestments or hair
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An early 14th century illuminated painting of the Amida Raigo Triad, produced in Japan
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An early 14th century illuminated painting of the Amida Raigo Triad, produced in Japan
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Tsuba depicting Marici, the Buddhist goddess of warriors, holding a sword, spear, and bow while standing on her boar mount. Japan, Edo period, 1793
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Tsuba depicting Marici, the Buddhist goddess of warriors, holding a sword, spear, and bow while standing on her boar mount. Japan, Edo period, 1793
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Bronze mirror depicting a turtle amidst paulownia and bamboo. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1588
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Bronze mirror depicting a turtle amidst paulownia and bamboo. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1588
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Myōhō Renge Kyō. The first of eight volumes from the Lotus Sutra, being a woodblock printed, Kasuga-ban edition produced in Japan, on mulberry paper in the mid to late Kamakura Period . A beautiful example of Pre-Gutenberg printing
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Myōhō Renge Kyō. The first of eight volumes from the Lotus Sutra, being a woodblock printed, Kasuga-ban edition produced in Japan, on mulberry paper in the mid to late Kamakura Period . A beautiful example of Pre-Gutenberg printing
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A Japanese lacquerware produced and exported at the request of the Society of Jesus. Azuchi–Momoyama period, 16th century, Kyushu National Museum.
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A Japanese lacquerware produced and exported at the request of the Society of Jesus. Azuchi–Momoyama period, 16th century, Kyushu National Museum.
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Armor with circular crest and mustachioed mask. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1600
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Armor with circular crest and mustachioed mask. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1600
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The king of Abyssinia faces the Ottoman sultan in a Japanese depiction of the Ottoman–Ethiopian War based off Portuguese descriptions to a Momoyama period Nanban painter.
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The king of Abyssinia faces the Ottoman sultan in a Japanese depiction of the Ottoman–Ethiopian War based off Portuguese descriptions to a Momoyama period Nanban painter.
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A Hand Drawn, Unfinished Buddhist Mandala, Produced in the Fifth Year of the Genbun Era, or 1740. Written using both Sanskrit and Kanji characters. Inscriptions to the rear state it was made at the Rengejo-in Temple of the Koyasan Shingon Sect of Buddhism, in Japan
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A Hand Drawn, Unfinished Buddhist Mandala, Produced in the Fifth Year of the Genbun Era, or 1740. Written using both Sanskrit and Kanji characters. Inscriptions to the rear state it was made at the Rengejo-in Temple of the Koyasan Shingon Sect of Buddhism, in Japan
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Mask depicting a dragon king, used in Buddhist rituals. Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century AD
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Mask depicting a dragon king, used in Buddhist rituals. Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century AD
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A painting by the Japanese artist Shibata Zeshin , depicting a singing frog. Lacquer on paper, Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan
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A painting by the Japanese artist Shibata Zeshin , depicting a singing frog. Lacquer on paper, Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan
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Depiction of the Chinese Buddhist deity Naraen-ten from the ninth scroll of the Shoson Zuzōshō , a compendium of sacred images produced in Japan in the late 12th century, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Naraen-ten is probably an adaptation of the Sanskrit Nārāyaṇa
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Depiction of the Chinese Buddhist deity Naraen-ten from the ninth scroll of the Shoson Zuzōshō , a compendium of sacred images produced in Japan in the late 12th century, National Diet Library, Tokyo. Naraen-ten is probably an adaptation of the Sanskrit Nārāyaṇa
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This Japanese samurai helmet, from the Azuchi-Momoyama period , is covered with boar bristles and adorned with gilded stag antlers. The heart-shaped decorative element above the visor is an inome, a stylized representation of a boar's eye, used to ward off evil
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This Japanese samurai helmet, from the Azuchi-Momoyama period , is covered with boar bristles and adorned with gilded stag antlers. The heart-shaped decorative element above the visor is an inome, a stylized representation of a boar's eye, used to ward off evil
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Hotei. Kano Masanobu Japanese, Muromachi period late 15th–early 16th c.
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Hotei. Kano Masanobu Japanese, Muromachi period late 15th–early 16th c.
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Jinbaori depicting sickles, worn by Kobayakawa Hideaki over his armor. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century
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Jinbaori depicting sickles, worn by Kobayakawa Hideaki over his armor. Japan, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century
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Painted walls at Alchi Monastery, depicting a mandala and Buddhas. Ladakh, India, 11th century AD
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Painted walls at Alchi Monastery, depicting a mandala and Buddhas. Ladakh, India, 11th century AD
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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha
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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha
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Scenes of Hell from a copy of the Ojōyōshū, a 10th century text describing the Buddhist Hells and how to avoid ending up in them. Japan, Edo period, 1790
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Scenes of Hell from a copy of the Ojōyōshū, a 10th century text describing the Buddhist Hells and how to avoid ending up in them. Japan, Edo period, 1790
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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston
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Folding fan depicting scenes from the history of ballooning, made from molded horn sticks and skin leaf painted with gouache, c. 1785. MFA Boston
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