PBS
Pbs Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Read Good Books!: Origami
KIDS Clubhouse Adventures kids read and discover more about the Japanese art of folding paper - origami. In this feature, kids demonstrate what they have learned by folding paper into different animals and shapes.
Crash Course
Crash Course Games: #28: The Pokemon Phenomenon
This video does something a little bit different and takes everything we've learned so far about games and apply it to a case study on (arguably) the biggest game franchise in the world: Pokemon. Now Pokemon, like a select few other...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Teahouse at the Asian Art Museum
In this video [3:56] learn about the Asian Art Museum's Japanese tea room, specifically built for the tea ceremony, a vibrant living practice. This handcrafted structure creates a rustic environment for tea and is a work of art in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Buddhist Guardian Deity: Fudo Myoo
Fudo Myoo (the Immovable One) is one of the powerful deities known as the Five Bright Kings in Japanese Buddhism and folk religion. As a manifestation of the central cosmic Buddha Mahavairochana (Japanese: Dainichi), Fudo is believed to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Standing Brahma and Standing Indra
Brahma and Indra, or Bonten and Taishakuten as they are known in Japanese, were Hindu deities brought into Buddhism as attendants of the Buddha or of bodhisattvas. The Asian Art Museum's Bonten and Taishakuten are the only large-scale,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tea Bowl With Standing Crane Design (Gohon Tachizuru)
In this article, learn how this tea bowl is used in a tea gathering, what the design is, and what this bowl's connection is to Korea.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ancient Temples of Nara Japan
In this video [5:28] learn about the Buddhist art and architecture of Nara. Each year millions of tourists and pilgrims visit Nara, the ancient capital of Japan. They come to see the oldest surviving wooden temple structures in the world...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Brief History of Samurai Armor
In this video [5:30] learn about samurai armor by exploring artworks in the Asian Art Museum's collection. Explore the people who wore this armor and how it changed over time.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Japan Inspired Monet, Van Gogh, and Other Western Artists
When Japan opened its port to international trade in the 1850s and emerged from centuries of self-imposed isolation, Japanese prints, albums and objects arrived in Europe and North America in unprecedented quantities. In the frenzy of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Japanese Prints: Lesson 2
This lesson will explore Japanese prints and Japonisme in European art. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Japanese Prints."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Art and Architecture of Buddhism in Japan: Lesson 1
This lesson will explore the influence of Buddhism in Japanese art and architecture. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Art and Architecture of Buddhism in Japan."
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 79: Kakiemon Elephants 23 Sept 2010
A pair of Japanese porcelain elephants. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum looks at how the skill of porcelain production spread across the Far East. Kakiemon, named after a Japanese potter, was much desired by the European...