Head of the Buddha.

Representation of the Buddha, standing.

Face of the Buddha.

Representation of the Buddha, standing.

Portrait of a Zen master, Japanese, fourteenth-fifteenth century.

Ink drawing of orchids and rocks, hanging scroll,

Japanese ink-and-wash landscape.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

Life of the Buddha told through a series of art objects. Accompanying essay clarifies episodes in the Buddha's life story.

There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. These masterpieces of wooden...

The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. The complex, comprising the White and Red Palaces with their ancillary...