Looking back on a very special concert with two of Japan’s great New Age musicians
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The Magical Melodies of Kukai: Musician Hiroki Okano Channels 1,250 Years of Esoteric Heritage
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
Veteran Japanese Musicians Hiroki Okano and Kitaro Team Up for Kukai’s 1250th Anniversary
Veteran composers and musicians Kitaro and Hiroki Okano will be performing at the birth temple of one of Japan’s most significant Buddhist figures
Carving the Divine Streaming on Vimeo!
Watch the documentary on Japanese Buddhist sculptors. “Carving the Divine” releases today on 1 April
A Sculptor in the Reign of Prince Shōtoku: A Figure for Cross-Cultural Friendship?
How the 7th century figure of Kuratsukuri Tori set a cosmopolitan and multicultural example for Buddhist sculptors
Techniques of the Masters: How to Carve Japanese Buddhist Statuary
Exploring the techniques of Japanese Buddhist sculpture
The Passing of a Generation: In Memory of Ven. Ayyā Mie Vimalā of Königsberg
A tribute to the life of a seminal bhikkhuni of the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, who passed away suddenly in early January
Lives of the Busshi: Japanese Sculpture Under the Kamakura
How master sculptors Unkei and Kaikei propelled the Kei school to new heights with a great project at Todai-ji Temple
Of Artisans and Aristos: Butsuzo Flourishing in Japan
How the fortunes of Buddhist sculpting schools and artistic tastes rose and fell with the noble houses and shogunates of Japan
Jocho: The maestro that started Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
“Carving the Divine” charts the art of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, which traces its art and aesthetics to a sculpting titan called Jocho