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The poetry of Yamanoue no Okura (660-733?): Morals of Buddhism and Confucianism in old Japan

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Japan art and Buddhism: Dreaming of the old night view and the wisdom of Nichiren

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Japan art and Mount Fuji: Suzuki Kiitsu in color by Sawako Utsumi and the flow of Sakai Hōitsu

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Japan art and stunning angle to Sakai Hōitsu who belongs to the Edo Period by Sawako Utsumi

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Japan poetry and the female poet Komachi: Heartfelt passion from the distant past

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Japan poetry and Yosa Buson: Footsteps of Matsuo Bashō

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Kano Sanraku (1559-1635) and art of Japan: The world of power concentration

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Poetry of Japan and Arakida Moritake (1473-1549): Ambiance of Shintoism and Iio Sogi

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Ando Hiroshige and Japan art: Sexuality, landscapes, and becoming a Buddhist Monk

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Art of Japan and Sado Island: Trilogy of Nichiren in the Snow during his exile

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Zen Buddhism and Japanese Art: Taking Rinzai Buddhism to the rural poor

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Japan art and one-sided love: Frailty of life despite his boundless love of Paris

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Contemporary Japanese artist and L. S. Lowry in Full Bloom by Sawako Utsumi

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Buddhist monk Jien and a window into old Japan (1155-1225): Poetry and history

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Poetry of old Japan: Yamabe and the devoutly Buddhist Emperor Shōmu

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Japanese art, Goshun, and the influence of Buson: The artistic heaven on earth

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Buddhist art and the Japanese priest Mokuan Reien: The Middle Kingdom and Mu Qi

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Contemporary Japanese artist and adorable landscape titled “Hakone in Natural Splendor”

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Soga Shōhaku went against the grain in the eighteenth century: Art of the Muromachi Period

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Japanese poet of bygone years: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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The richness of Japanese art during the warring times: Kano Eitoku (1543-1590)

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The reality of poverty for the Japanese artist Eisen and his independent nature

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