The Metropolitan Museum of Art - One-hundred Paintings of Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu)

Buddhism along the Silk Road

Program information

Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
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One-hundred Paintings of Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu)

Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828)

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: sequel edition, vol. 2, 1826
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Four volumes of woodblock-printed books; ink on paper
Dimensions:: Overall (each): 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (26 x 18.1 cm)
Classification:: Illustrated Books
Credit Line:: Lent by Sue Cassidy Clark
Accession Number:: L.2012.5.1a–d

This artwork is part of Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art

This artwork is not on display

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