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The Ryukyu Connection: The Okinawan Inheritance of Catarina Gushiken

Posted on April 11, 2025April 9, 2025by Teahouse

Brazilian artist Catarina Gushiken explores her bond with the proud island of Okinawa

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The Magical Melodies of Kukai: Musician Hiroki Okano Channels 1,250 Years of Esoteric Heritage

Posted on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023by Teahouse

One of Japan’s biggest New Age musicians and composers reveals his inspirations and bond with the esoteric master Kukai on the latter’s 4 November anniversary

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Veteran Japanese Musicians Hiroki Okano and Kitaro Team Up for Kukai’s 1250th Anniversary

Posted on October 28, 2023October 28, 2023by Teahouse

Veteran composers and musicians Kitaro and Hiroki Okano will be performing at the birth temple of one of Japan’s most significant Buddhist figures

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Embodied: “Sensitive Calligraphy” as Physical Painting, with Catarina Gushiken

Posted on May 10, 2023May 10, 2023by Teahouse

Brazilian artist Catarina Gushiken reveals how her artistic and cultural connection to Japan and Asia and mixed ethnic heritage inform her unique “sensitive calligraphy”

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A Sculptor in the Reign of Prince Shōtoku: A Figure for Cross-Cultural Friendship?

Posted on March 12, 2023March 12, 2023by Teahouse

How the 7th century figure of Kuratsukuri Tori set a cosmopolitan and multicultural example for Buddhist sculptors

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Techniques of the Masters: How to Carve Japanese Buddhist Statuary

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023by Teahouse

Exploring the techniques of Japanese Buddhist sculpture

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Arquitectura budista contemporánea, Part One

Posted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023by Teahouse

Expanding horizons with contemporary Buddhist architecture around the world

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The Passing of a Generation: In Memory of Ven. Ayyā Mie Vimalā of Königsberg

Posted on January 20, 2023January 21, 2023by Teahouse

A tribute to the life of a seminal bhikkhuni of the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, who passed away suddenly in early January

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Lives of the Busshi: Japanese Sculpture Under the Kamakura

Posted on January 3, 2023January 4, 2023by Teahouse

How master sculptors Unkei and Kaikei propelled the Kei school to new heights with a great project at Todai-ji Temple

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Of Artisans and Aristos: Butsuzo Flourishing in Japan

Posted on November 22, 2022November 22, 2022by Teahouse

How the fortunes of Buddhist sculpting schools and artistic tastes rose and fell with the noble houses and shogunates of Japan

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