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Japan art and Gyoshū Hayami (1894-1935)

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Japan art and the fusion of ideas: Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)

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Art of Japan and Ikeda Koson: Hinoki Cypresses

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The Chinese artist Shen Quan and his stay in Edo Japan: Sublime nature

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Japan art and Yanagisawa Kien: Edo artist influenced by Buddhism, China, and Confucianism

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Japan art and the individualism of Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)

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Japan art and bijin-ga (beautiful ladies) of the Edo Period

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Japan art and self-portrait while dying: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

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Japan art and the intriguing Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724)

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Art of Japan and Sanraku: Pre-Edo period to early Edo and anti-Christianity

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Art of 12th century Japan: Mitsunaga and a glimpse into the ending of the Heian Period

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Art of Japan and Hishida Shunsō: Nature and Buddhism

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Art of Japan and the Middle Kingdom (China): Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism

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Art of Japan and exquisite birds by Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905)

Art of Japan and exquisite birds by Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times…

Japan art and Hōitsu: A delightful triptych of nature by this Buddhist monk

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Japan art and continuity despite rapid political changes: Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913)

Japan art and continuity despite rapid political changes: Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo…

Japanese Death Poem: The final moments of Prince Ōtsu (663-686)

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Japanese Buddhist poetry from centuries ago

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Japanese Buddhist poetry: Saigyō, nature, and solitude

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Japanese poetry: Highly esteemed Hitomaro from 7th to early 8th century

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Japanese art and the feeling of Shinto through the prism of nature

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Buddhist poetry in Japan and the fallen Autumn leaf: Henjō (816-890) and Sōgi (1421-1502)

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Buddhist nun: Art, poetry, Japanese anti-Buddhism, and sadness of Rengetsu (1791-1875)

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Japan art and the Persimmon Tree: Sawako Utsumi and homage to Sakai Hōitsu

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Japanese Buddhism and poetry under Emperor Shōmu in 8th century Nara

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Japanese Buddhism and art: Hakuin Ekaku and Chinese philosophy

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Japan art and Greek philosophy: Still life art and the scroll of time

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An artistic Buddhist monk of bygone days in Japan

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Japanese artist Soga Shōhaku was influenced by the Muromachi Period

Japanese artist Soga Shōhaku was influenced by the Muromachi Period Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times…